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Russia has grounded its Soyuz rockets after the Progress M-12M launch failure. Roskosmos said it will set up a commission for quality control in the space industry after the loss of the Progress spacecraft.
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NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled launch on September onboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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The Raytheon Company developed Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System achieved a major milestone on the road to NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) launch with the successful completion of the NPP Compatibility Test 4 this August. This is the last major comprehensive test prior to the scheduled October launch.
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An influx of nitrogen has replenished the fuel tank of ESA’s Proba-2 microsatellite. This may not sound like a whole new space technology, but it is: the gas was not stored in a pressurised state but produced from a solid material at room temperature.
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Thales Alenia Space has shipped its first Pressurised Cargo Module, designed to transport cargo to the International Space Station, to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The PCM, developed on behalf of Cygnus prime contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation, was carried by an Antonov An-24 cargo plane.
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