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November 20, 2013

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Milestone in Safety Review
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2013
Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) met in late October to review the safety of the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket being developed to launch humans into low-Earth orbit later this decade. The detailed overview of safety practices the company is implementing was a major milestone for SpaceX under a funded Space Act Agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). SpaceX is one of NASA's commercial partners working to develop a new ... read more

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Czechs ink deal with US space tourism firm Czech universities and firms have received the go-ahead to conduct scientific research on board an American space tourism aircraft, the Czech Space Office (CSO) said Tuesday. ... more		New Roscosmos head calls for end to ordering communication satellites abroad Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Oleg Ostapenko has sent a letter to Vice Premier Dmitry Rogozin suggesting giving up the practice of ordering civilian communication and broadcas ... more		NASA launches fleet of student-built satellites into orbit A satellite designed, built, tested and operated by students at Saint Louis University was launched on a rocket from Virginia Tuesday, NASA said. ... more
				Swarm on the launch pad Preparations for Friday's launch of ESA's magnetic explorer have reached an important milestone - the constellation is now in the Plesetsk launch tower. The team in northern Russia said farewell to ... more		Success of 'New Space' era hinges on public's interest Capturing the public's interest is a key component for "New Space," where commercial companies are filling in some of the roles that had been traditionally played by NASA, and education has an impor ... more

Iran unveils attack drone 'with 2,000 km range' Iran on Monday unveiled a missile-equipped drone with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles), the official IRNA news agency reported. ... more		US has time to boost bid for Turkey missile system: FM Turkey would look again at a US bid for a multi-billion-dollar contract for the country's first long-range anti-missile system providing Washington agrees to produce it jointly, a top Turkish official said Monday. ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Manpack Radios in Arctic Connect with MUOS Satellites Orbiting Equator Two General Dynamics C4 Systems-developed AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radios successfully completed secure voice and data calls from Alaska and the Arctic Circle, using the Mobile User Objective ... more
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