Tag: vandenberg
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X-37B Lands June 16 At Vandenberg After 15 Months In Space
What goes up must come down, but X-37B OTV demonstrates none too quickly, considering March 5, 2011 launch. The remotely flown mini-Space Shuttle landed at Vandenberg AFB today in wee hours after more than one year in orbit. It does stand to reason, whether US military wanted to be on the ground, if something untoward…
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Spy Sat Blasts Off From Vandenberg Amid Mystery
A NRO spy satellite, atop a Delta IV rocket with two strap on boosters for added thrust, launched from Vandenberg AFB, yesterday. Mail Online article reveals rocket thought to contain, “…some form of spy technology”
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space x ‘falcon heavy’ to lift off in 2013
Are launch costs too high and weighing down your bottom line? Elon Musk, Space X founder, pitches his Falcon Heavy booster as right for the job to lift your prospects! In a Discovery News article, Musk says, “…we can realistically start to contemplate missions like a Mars sample return, which requires a tremendous amount of…
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glory fails to reach orbit, plummets into ocean
climate change satellite goes out in blaze of ‘glory’… NASA’s Glory spacecraft crashes into ocean after failing to reach orbit, because housing atop the Taurus XL rocket did not separate. The launch took place shortly after 5am EST today from Vandenberg AFB. The failure costs NASA $420 million. Universe Today article reports loss also of…
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Mission Accomplished: X-37B Lands at Vandenberg AFB
“We are very pleased that the program completed all the on-orbit objectives for the first mission…”
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x-37b initial mission near end?
The Air Force’s X-37B space plane may be near end of initial mission, reports CS Monitor article. The spacecraft, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle 1, launched April 22nd and built for 270 day flights, suggests it may be on homestretch. The mission of the secretive X-37B is still a subject of much speculation. Ted Molczan, a…
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Jack Blood Reports on False Alarm or Drill Gone Live?
Jack Blood reports on shooting at NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park, Ohio next to the Cleveland Airport on his Deadline Live Nov. 5, 2010 broadcast. Blood adds alleged shooting was quickly amended to a false alarm…