Representatives of companies that are currently actively involved in achieving manned, commercial suborbital flight capabilities salute a new set of laws that could make their jobs a lot easier. The officials say that the new piece of legislation that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into effect on February... |
10 March 2010 02:40 GMT |
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James Arkwright, from Morecambe, in Lancashire, the UK, has just secured his place in a prestigious international space competition, as he developed a rocket motor that can be fired safely, and observed from close range. The 25-year-old developed the educational tool as part of his university degree, and is now being... |
3 October 2009 07:02 GMT |
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The head of Russia's space agency (RosCosmos) announced on Wednesday that no more space tourists would be taken to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2009. He said that he had to take this measure because the ISS needed to be operated by 6 astronauts from that moment on, and that its limited capabilitie... |
22 January 2009 02:53 GMT |
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One of the most expected events of the year regarding suborbital space tourism took place yesterday at Scaled Composites in Mojave with the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo, a jet powered carrier aircraft that will act as a launch pad for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The event signals the... |
29 July 2008 05:03 GMT |
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