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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in pictures

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in pictures

...Dragon capsule, loaded with half a ton of cargo, with its own rocket, the Falcon 9, pictured above being readied for launch.Image credit: NASA... Read more

27 April, 2012 by Andy Smith

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch aborted at last second

...of the compact power plants. The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo ship was abandoned due to a suspected engine problem... Read more

19 May, 2012 by William Harwood
Yuri Gagarin: 50 years since first space flight

Yuri Gagarin: 50 years since first space flight

...A Russian Soyuz TMA-21 rocket blasts off from a Russian-leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on 5 April... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Staff

SpaceX unveils Falcon heavy lift rocket plans

...Space Exploration Technologies has plans to build a commercial heavy lift rocket that will carry more than twice the payload of existing large rockets... Read more

6 April, 2011 by William Harwood
Nasa's test planes in pictures

Nasa's test planes in pictures

...Nasa B-52, tail number 008), which had carried the X-15 rocket plane aloft for tests throughout the 1960s, would take the 6.7m... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings
...Open-source' Danish <endeca_term>rocket</endeca_term> lifts off

...Open-source' Danish rocket lifts off

...A Danish non-profit organisation has successfully launched a rocket and prototype spacecraft in a test intended to precede a full-scale... Read more

6 June, 2011 by David Meyer
Nasa completes tests on Mars Curiosity rover

Nasa completes tests on Mars Curiosity rover

...aeroshell that, in turn, will be attached to the bottom of a rocket-powered descent stage. The entire spacecraft then will be attached to its... Read more

16 August, 2011 by William Harwood
US marks 50 years of manned space flight

US marks 50 years of manned space flight

...The Redstone rocket that propelled Shepard into space rises a few feet above the ground... Read more

5 May, 2011 by Andy Smith
SpaceX launch to ISS slips back a week

SpaceX launch to ISS slips back a week

...Space X The company had been aiming to launch its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule on 30 April. A second launch opportunity was... Read more

24 April, 2012 by William Harwood
Glenn looks back 50 years on first spaceflight

Glenn looks back 50 years on first spaceflight

...by technical snags and bad weather. But this time around, the Atlas rocket, the Friendship 7 capsule, and the weather co-operated, clearing the way... Read more

22 February, 2012 by William Harwood
Nasa's super-<endeca_term>rocket</endeca_term> looks ahead to 2017

Nasa's super-rocket looks ahead to 2017

...Nasa unveiled the design of its long-awaited post-shuttle super-rocket on Wednesday, a gargantuan Saturn 5-class booster.The Space Launch System... Read more

15 September, 2011 by William Harwood

Space station crew shrug off Soyuz problem

...all' about supply delays caused by the failure of a Russian Soyuz rocket in August.Flight engineer Mike Fossum said the most likely scenario is... Read more

7 September, 2011 by William Harwood
Juno soars on five-year mission to Jupiter

Juno soars on five-year mission to Jupiter

...A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket roared to life on Friday and successfully launched Nasa's solar-powered... Read more

8 August, 2011 by William Harwood
Europe set to build wedge-shaped spacecraft

Europe set to build wedge-shaped spacecraft

...spaceplane (above), which differs from the IXV in that does not use rockets and can take off and land from an ordinary runway. The IXV... Read more

28 June, 2011 by Jon Yeomans
ESA gives green light to Skylon spaceplane

ESA gives green light to Skylon spaceplane

...space. Its cost could be around one-fiftieth that of using traditional rockets, according to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). Skylon will... Read more

27 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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