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SpaceX dixit:

“On August 13th, the Falcon 9 test rig (code name Grasshopper) completed a divert test, flying to a 250m altitude with a 100m lateral maneuver before returning to the center of the pad. The test demonstrated the vehicle\’s ability to perform more aggressive steering maneuvers than have been attempted in previous flights. Grasshopper is taller than a ten story building, which makes the control problem particularly challenging. Diverts like this are an important part of the trajectory in order to land the rocket precisely back at the launch site after reentering from space at hypersonic velocity.”

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Cool stuff.

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NASA dixit:

“Six days after launching from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan, the unpiloted Japanese Kounotori4 H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV-4, met up with The International Space Station and was captured by the Expedition 36 crew aboard the ISS, using the station\’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. The HTV-4 was launched with more”

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Resource-P is a Russian remote sensing satellite. It was placed in orbit by a Soyuz-2-1B launch vehicle on June 25, 2013.

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On August 4, 2013, an H-IIB launch vehicle lifted off from Tanegashima with HTV-4. HTV-4 is headed for the International Space Station.

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NASA dixit:

“The Russian ISS Progress 52 cargo ship, loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 36 crew members, docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at the International Space Station just six hours after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Progress craft is expected to remain docked to Pirs for at least the next five months.”

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