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SPACE.com -- U.S. Air Force Aims to Launch Space Plane Next YearU.S. Air Force Aims to Launch Space Plane Next Year It has been a long haul to the launch pad, but the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are gearing up to loft the X-37B – an unpiloted military space plane, SPACE.com has learned. Tucked inside the shroud of an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ( ...
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Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System BeganAn artist’s concept of a fission surface power system on the surface of the moon. The nuclear reactor has been buried below the lunar surface to make use of lunar soil as additional radiation shielding. The engines that convert heat energy to electricity are in the tower above the reactor, and ...
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NASA - NASA Seeks Concept Proposals for Ares V Heavy Lift RocketOn Monday, Jan. 5, NASA issued a request for proposal for the Ares V rocket that will perform heavy lift and cargo functions as part of the next generation of spacecraft that will return humans to the moon. The request is for Phase I concept definition and requirements development for the Ares V ...
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NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes ReviewNASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor ShowersDuring the dark hours before dawn on Sept. 9, 2008, a surprising flurry of meteors had showered the skies above Huntsville, Alabama. More than two dozen of them were fireballs brighter than Jupiter or Venus; a few even cast shadows. Cooke like everyone else he knew was sound asleep and saw nothing. ...
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