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SpaceX Falcon 9 cleared for flight after investigation
Posted in Science on 3rd Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller
After four months of intensive investigation, SpaceX says its Falcon 9 booster has been cleared for flight and will return to service on January 8.
Emdrive: China claims success with this 'reactionless' engine for space travel
Posted in Science on 22nd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
It's a piece of space tech that sounds almost too good to be true.
Japan tests innovative magnetic tether for slowing space junk
Posted in Science on 10th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
Japan has launched a cargo ship which will use a half mile- (700m)-long tether to remove some of the vast amount of debris from Earth's orbit.
Private Space Stations could start launching in 2020
Posted in Science on 18th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
Large multi-module stations able to hold 100 or more people by 2030
Vector rocket will be second stage of DARPA spaceplane for cheap daily microsatellite launches
Posted in Hardware on 24th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
DARPA is targeting turnaround times and consistency that would permit XS-1 to launch "10 times in 10 days."