A skinny rocket that is designed for future moon and Mars missions will soon be tested.
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Archive for August 27, 2009
Shuttle launch delayed; may fly Friday
NASA delayed a Wednesday morning liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery because of an apparent problem with a valve in its fuel tank and said the next possible launch opportunity was Friday.
Shuttle Discovery launch delayed, may try Friday afternoon
NASA delayed liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery because of an apparent problem with a valve in its fuel tank and said the next possible opportunity was Friday afternoon
Russia Reveals Vision for Manned Spaceflight
20 August 2009?Russia unveiled an ambitious three-decade plan for a manned space program this week at the International Aviation and Space Salon, MAKS-2009, which opened Tuesday in the town of Zhukovsky, near Moscow.
Orion mockup arrives at JSC for crew tests
Bay Area residents got a glimpse inside the Constellation program last weekend, as a mockup of the Orion crew vehicle arrived at Johnson Space Center for tests.
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John Keeley Buys Walter Investment Management Corp, URS Corp., Allegheny Technologies Inc. …
John Keeley is the guru who likes to invest in small cap stocks. He has been buying a lot of stocks, and just bought 55 new names for his portfolio. He is heavily invested in industrials. This isthe Q2 portfolio update of Keeley Funds. Keeley owns 346 stocks with a total value of $5.8 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells. New Purchases: ACE, ANR, ATI, BK, BNS, BOKF, BXS, CAH, …
Dual Orion capsules studied for manned asteroid missions
A manned asteroid mission using two Orion spacecraft, docked nose-to-nose to form a 50-ton deep space vehicle, is being studied by Lockheed Martin Space Systems as an alternative to resumption of U.S. lunar landing missions.