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Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1 Photo Album – 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight
[/caption] 50 Years ago on April 12,1961 the era of Human spaceflight opened with a roar to the heavens above…
Countdown to Yuri’s Night and the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight !
Mark your calendars. April 12, 2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s astonishing First Orbit…
Curiosity Mars Rover Almost Complete
[/caption] NASA’s massive ‘Curiosity’ rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of its long trek to the surface…
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Coalition for Space Exploration Tasks us to “Think Outside the Circle”
The aerospace industry is typically filled with engineers, scientists and pilots. Hardly the segment of the population that is subject…
SpaceX Unveils Launch of Falcon Heavy, Worlds Most Powerful Rocket by 2013
[/caption]Elon Musk, the CEO and chief rocket designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today (April 5) that SpaceX will…
STS-134 wraps up TCDT
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – The crew who will fly on the last flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA’s youngest…
‘In Flight’ Shuttle Orbiter retirement display planned by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
[/caption] ‘In Flight’ …. That’s the heart of the dramatic plan to showcase a Space Shuttle Orbiter being proposed by…
NASAs First Orion Capsule and New Space Operations Center Unveiled
[/caption] The inaugural version of NASA’s new Orion human space exploration capsule was unveiled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s…
Keeping Astronauts Safe from Meteoroids
[/caption] About 100 tons of meteoroids bombard the Earth’s atmosphere every day. For spacecraft in Earth orbit, a collision with…
Israel and Russia Sign Space Cooperation Agreement
[/caption] The Israeli government has signed an agreement with Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, for cooperation in space for peaceful…