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January 10, 2014

SNC Announces International Expansion Of Dream Chaser Space System

Finalizes Agreements With ESA And German Aerospace Center

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has announced the global expansion of the Dream Chaser Space System through recently finalized cooperative understandings with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). SNC will work with each agency on the potential application of European technologies to both the current Dream Chaser design, and advanced derivative versions of the vehicle.

Spacecraft Reports It Is 'Healthy' And Ready To Get To Work

A NASA team made first contact with the National Science Foundation-funded Firefly spacecraft at 1933 EST on Jan. 6, 2014. On the first pass, the team – based out of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA – received enough data to show that the spacecraft was healthy and transmitting a strong signal.

Also: CSeries FTV2, Big Boeing Numbers, Perlan Project, S-61T Flies, Another Airplane Company For Sale On eBay

Now you get the safety without the weight penalty. BRS Aerospace recently announced Cessna 182P, Q model owners who purchase and install a BRS system in their aircraft will not only gain the added flying safety, but will also gain a 160-pound allowable gross weight increase. A group in Wichita, Kansas working to restore the B-29 bomber named "Doc" to airworthy condition have an ambitious goal. They want to fly the airplane to EAA AirVenture 2004. The restoration project was undertaken in 2000, but was put on hold for a few years due to the poor economy and lack of hangar space to work on the massive airplane. The EMG-6 ultralight glider has made its first shor

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Cygnus Heads To Space For First Station Resupply Mission

Launch Delayed By A Day Due To High Levels Of Space Radiation

NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences Corporation launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard the Antares rocket at 1307 EST Thursday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for the Orbital-1 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.