Awesome trailer! Kennedy’s speech was and will always be truly inspiring…
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Archive for 2011
On November 9, 2011, the J-2X rocket engine was put to a 500-second firing test at NASA\’s Stennis Space Center. The J-2X engine will be used as an escape engine for the Orion spacecraft. As a component of the new Space Launch System, J-2X will help NASA explore deep space.
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A Zenit-2 launch vehicle rolled out with the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome on November 6, 2011. Zenit-2 lifted off with Phobos-Grunt on November 9. The spacecraft failed to fire the escape engines and it is right now stuck in orbit around the Earth. The Russian Federal Space Agency makes efforts to save the mission.
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On October 31, 2011, a Proton-M/Breeze-M launch vehicle rolled out with three Glonass-M satellites. Proton-M lifted off on November 4, 2011.
On November 3, 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) was rolled out of the processing facility. MSL launch is scheduled for November 25, 2011.
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Progress M-13M (a.k.a. ISS Progress 45 in the western designation) docked to the International Space Station on November 2, 2011. Progress delivered almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies.
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