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• Upstarts in space!
Nevada-based Bigelow Aerospace already has a couple of inflatable space modules in orbit, thanks to Russian launches in 2006 and 2007 . Over the past several months, Bigelow has been putting the pieces into place for a Sundancer mini-space station that ...
• Now, NASA and Russians need each other
The American half of the space station provides their modules with critical power and communications resources, not to mention advanced research devices, that they have never been able to build themselves. While it may become technically feasible at ...
• Cosmic Log: Spaceship dies gloriously
Unlike the Italian-built space cargo modules that are carried back and forth inside NASA's space shuttle, the Euroean-built ATVs are not designed for return or reuse. Instead, each spent craft has to be disposed of safely, by directing it remotely on ...
• Chinese astronaut walks in space
The spacewalk was an opening step for China's plan to assemble a space station from two Shenzhou orbital modules, the next major goal of the manned space program. China is also pursuing lunar exploration and may attempt to land a human on the moon in ...
• China names trio for spacewalk mission
Future flights of China’s Shenzhou spaceship will include spacewalks – a prelude to rendezvous and docking in Earth orbit. This artist's conception provides a cutaway view of the spacecraft's modules, showing how the trio of Chinese astronauts ...