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Japans Launching a Giant Net Into Orbit to Scoop Up Space Junk
Posted in Science on 17th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Something must be done to deal with the estimated 100 million bits of man made space junk circling the planet, and Japan is taking the lead.
Spacex has 100% success on geostationary satellite launch
Posted in Science on 5th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller
Falcon 9 executed a picture-perfect flight, meeting 100% of mission objectives.
NASA launches student-built cubesats into space
Posted in Hardware on 21st Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
NASAs cubesat Launch Initiative seeks to give college and high school students the chance to get hands-on development in satellite creation.
NASA may use Spacex to fly astronauts within 4 years
Posted in Business on 19th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
NASA and SpaceX met in late October to review the safety of the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket being developed to launch humans into low Earth orbit.
Nasa's Maven Mars mission launches
Posted in Science on 18th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
The US space agency's (Nasa) Maven mission has set off for Mars.