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General Aviation News, Space News November 3, 2014

Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash

(Reuters) – A team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of a Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship found that its rotating tail, designed to ease reentry into…

General Aviation News, Space News October 31, 2014

Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes during Calif. test flight

(Reuters) – A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday at the Mojave Air…

Space News October 31, 2014

Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crashes During Test Flight Over Mojave Desert

One person was killed and another suffered major injuries after an aircraft used by Virgin Galactic for space travel experimentation crashed Friday during a test flight,…

Space News October 31, 2014

U.S. rocket explosion investigation suspects main engine failure

(Reuters) – As Orbital Sciences picks up the pieces, literally and figuratively, after its high-profile rocket launch explosion, accident investigators are looking closely at a…

Space News October 24, 2014

China Launches Test Orbiter for Lunar Mission

MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) – China has launched an unmanned spacecraft, named Chang’e-5, on Friday, with hopes the probe will carry out the…

Space News October 23, 2014

Russian Space Agency to Receive Designs of Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket by Year-End

Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will receive technical suggestions in creating the country’s super-heavy carrier rockets by the end of 2014, an agency department head…

Military Aviation News, Space News October 20, 2014

Russia to Orbit 9 Advanced Military Communications Satellites by 2020

The Russian military will add nine advanced communications satellites to its orbital grouping by 2020, a senior military commander said Monday. “By 2020, the orbital…

Military Aviation News, Space News October 17, 2014

U.S. Air Force lands robotic X-37B space plane in California

(Reuters) – The U.S. military landed its X-37B robotic space plane at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California on Friday, ending a classified 22-month…

Space News October 17, 2014

Argentina Successfully Launches Its First Telecom Satellite

Argentina has successfully launched its first domestically designed and developed geostationary communications satellite Thursday, USA Today reported. “ARSAT-1 is on its way to space. What…

Space News October 3, 2014

Scaled Composites Marks 10th Anniversary of Milestone Spaceflight

MOJAVE, Calif. – Oct. 3, 2014 – A decade after winning the Ansari XPRIZE with one of the most innovative vehicles ever flown, the employees…

Space News October 1, 2014

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft, Rocket Move Closer to First Flight

NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and the Delta IV Heavy rocket that will carry it into space are at their penultimate stops in Florida on…

Space News September 30, 2014

Orion Spacecraft Transfers To Launch Abort System Facility

Orion in Final Integration Steps Before Exploration Flight Test-1 DENVER, Sept 29, 2014 – NASA and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have finished fueling the Orion…

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