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Trash-eating spacecraft turns orbital debris into fuel
Posted in Science on 6th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
According to NASA, there are more than 500,000 pieces of debris in orbit that are being tracked by the space agency.
Virgin Galactic intends to use 747 jet for satellite launches
Posted in Science on 4th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Richard Branson is reassigning one of his old Virgin Atlantic 747-400 jumbos to the service of space launches.
Lisa Pathfinder launches to test space 'ripples' technology
Posted in Science on 3rd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
The satellite will test the technologies needed to detect gravitational waves, the warping of space-time produced by cataclysmic events in the cosmos.
Darpa abandons plan to launch satellites from fighter jets
Posted in Hardware on 2nd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
The scheme was launching small satellites from the belly of fighter jets already high in the atmosphere. And after a second explosion, that plan is no more.
First commercial launch for Japan's H-IIA rocket platform
Posted in Science on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Although it is the first commercial launch for the launch system, the H-IIA first flew in 2001 and has been used to launch numerous satellites.