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NASA Announces Key Decision For Next Deep Space Transportation System

NASA has reached an important milestone for the next U.S. transportation system that will carry humans into deep space. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced today that the system will be based on designs originally planned for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Those plans now will be used to develop a new spacecraft known as the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV).... Read Full Article

Source: spaceref.com

Date Added: 5/2/2011 Source: The Space Review

Following SpaceX down the rabbit hole

In a month unusually full of significant anniversaries, April 5th—the day SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced his company’s plans to develop the Falcon Heavy rocket—may eventually prove to be a red-letter date of sorts in the American space history, one of a number that ... Read Full Article

Date Added: 4/12/2011 Source: collectspace.com

NASA Flight Director Bryan Lunney retires from Mission Control

NASA Flight Director Bryan Lunney served his last shift in Mission Control today, concluding a 22-year career that managed almost 50 space shuttle missions and over 300 shifts directing the International Space Station (ISS). A second generation flight director — his fat... Read Full Article

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