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The Expedition 26 crew member aboard the International Space Station who snapped this photograph of the Ariane 5 rocket, barely visible in the far background, just after lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and the rest of the crew have a special interest in the occurrence. ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes [...]
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Science & Reason on Facebook: tinyurl.com Ariane 30th anniversary: 30 years of Ariane – a success story. On 24 December 1979, Ariane made its first flight from French Guyana marking the beginning of 30 years of success and giving Europe a guaranteed independant access to Space. With Ariane ESA could develop its own programmes in [...]
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Ariane 5 is the European space industry’s warhorse, and continues to successfully put payloads into orbit. Soon new rockets will join a stable that already dominates the market, and increase Ariane’s competitivity. 2011 will be the year of the launchers…. www.euronews.net
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ATK and Astrium (an EADS Company) are working together in response to NASA’s Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement. The team is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket. This new launch vehicle combines two of the world’s most reliable propulsion systems, with a collective heritage of nearly 150 successful flights. ATK would supply the [...]
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Artifacts associated with man’s journey into the Final Frontier. They can all be found in the National Space Centre in Leicester. 1. Ariane Fairing, 2. Thor and Blue Streak, 3. Soyuz, 4. Space Food, 5. Visor, 6. Helen Sharman’s Spacesuit, 7. Soyuz Capsule, 8. Orrery, 9. Blue Streak 3rd place in the ‘Space’ category in [...]
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