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ESA has begun investigating the feasibility of a new approach for European access to space, aimed at making Europe’s launch services fully self-sufficient over the long haul.
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Astrotech Corporation, (ASTC) and its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary (ASO) announced that NASA has awarded Astrotech a US$2.0 million task order to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the scheduled 2013 launch of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-L).
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A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth’s atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 12,160 km/h.

The two satellite passengers for Arianespace’s next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission are now undergoing final preparations , while launcher components for the following flight have arrived in French Guiana.

NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed a review of its Atlas V rocket to assess its compliance with NASA human spaceflight safety and performance requirements.

This October, for the first time, a small cubesat will be one of five to jettison into orbit around Earth from the International Space Station. The pioneering satellite, dubbed TechEdSat, is a collaboration among NASA’s Ames Research Center; San Jose State University; the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) via AAC Microtec, Uppsala, Sweden; and JAXA.
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The launch of Russia’s Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) for the International Space Station has been delayed from the end of 2012 to the end of 2013 due to technological and organisational problems at the Khrunichev Space Center, the head of Russia’s Energia space corporation Vitaly Lopota was quoted as saying.
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ATK successfully completed the last Liberty space transportation system milestone under the company’s unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA for the Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev-2).
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