Daily Mail: Miracle escape for Space Station astronauts as rocket fails mid-launch: American and Russian hurtle back to Earth in harrowing 7G ‘ballistic re-entry’ and survive* The secondary booster rockets on the Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft failed ju…
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Miracle Escape For U.S. – Russian Astronauts As Rocket Fails Mid-Launch — News Roundup
Soyuz launch to resupply ISS aborted seconds before liftoff
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 11, 2018
The Soyuz-2.1A rocket with Progress MS-08 cargo spacecraft has failed to blast off from Baikonur at appointed time, the Sputnik correspondent reported from the Cosmodrome. A source told Sputnik that the spacecraft launch…
SpaceX Sets August 14 Launch Date for Next US Resupply Mission to ISS
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 14, 2017
Three tons of supplies and payloads for the International Space Station are scheduled for a Monday afternoon launch at the Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX said in a press release on Wednesday.
The Dragon …
This ‘impossible’ EM drive is about to be tested in space
Now that a peer-reviewed paper showing the lawbreaking EM Drive propulsion system actually appears to work has been published, the developer of a similar engine plans to put his invention in space to prove that it can truly create thrust without producing exhaust. According to Popular Mechanics, Guido Fetta, chief executive of Cannae Inc. and inventor […]
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NASA Selects Launch Services for Global Surface Water Survey Mission
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 25, 2016
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. Launch is targeted for April 2021 on a…