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Boeing may put its iconic space business up for sale and had talks with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, report says
US astronauts haven’t had their own ride into orbit since the space shuttle was retired in 2011. Two private companies are racing to replace it and become the first to fly astronauts for NASA.
3D printing in ISS, in-space antenna systems, fiber optics Unknown Operational (2018) [229] Varda Space Industries: building products in space and bringing them back to earth (ex: ZBLAN, 3d printed organs) Unknown Operational (2021) [230] Deep Space Industries: propellant, communications platforms, space solar power satellites: MicroGravity Foundry
The future of space exploration involves both telescopic and physical explorations of space by robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight. Near-term physical exploration missions, focused on obtaining new information about the Solar System , are planned and announced by both national and private organisations.
The 122-foot-long-by-35-foot-tall space shuttle mockup, named the "Inspiration," was transported via big rig in multiple parts 0.3 miles along Bellflower Boulevard from a city maintenance yard to ...
The primary intended use of the Phase A Space Shuttle was supporting the future space station, ferrying a minimum crew of four and about 20,000 pounds (9,100 kg) of cargo, and being able to be rapidly turned around for future flights, with larger payloads like space station modules being lifted by the Saturn V. Two designs emerged as front-runners.
The positioning had to be precise. The shuttle's nose was raised 200 feet into the night sky so that the rudder could clear 80 feet of space. Endeavour was then turned 17 degrees clockwise to ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time, July 21, 2011, at the end of STS-135. Empty status board in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on March 9 ...