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USAF’s X37B Spy Sat – a “mini-Shuttle”

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

One most interesting aerospace project that has managed to keep a relatively low profile is the American X37B reconnaissance spacecraft, as reported by the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16423881 and described on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-37B. First going in to service (apparently) in April 2010, … Continue reading →

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Farewell to the Space Shuttle

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

The last Shuttle flight of Atlantis was a bitter-sweet event; sad that it was truly the end of a Golden era of manned spaceflight, but happy too in so far as the design limitations of the launch system meant that … Continue reading →

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