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May 22, 2008

X-48B Begins Second Phase Of Flight Testing

Blended Wing Body Demonstrator Aircraft Flying At Higher Speeds

NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Boeing are expanding the flight envelope for the X-48B blended wing body research aircraft. Flight tests with the 500-pound, remotely piloted test vehicle are now in a second phase involving higher speed regimes.

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X Prize Foundation Holds Team Summit In Private Moon Race

14 Teams Registered To Compete In $30 Million Google Lunar X Prize

The X Prize Foundation announced Thursday four new teams in the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the Moon to win $30 million in prizes, bringing the total number of registered teams to 14. This international group of teams will compete to land a privately funded robotic craft on the Moon that is capable of roaming the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the Earth.

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House Bill Would Grant Additional Shuttle Flights

2010 Deadline Extended If Approved... But That's A Big 'If'

NASA may soon be granted some breathing room in its quest to wrap up all space shuttle missions by September 2010. A bill now under consideration in the House of Representatives would put three additional shuttle missions on the space agency's schedule, and would remove the hard deadline for all flights to be completed.

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Russia Says Soyuz TMA-11 Suffered Mechanical Malady

Equipment Module Failed To Jettison

They know what happened... but appear to be less-than-certain about "why." That's the mixed message officials with the Russian space agency had Wednesday, in announcing the cause of last month's perilous re-entry of a Soyuz TMA-11 capsule.

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Official Cites Uncertainty Over Chinese Space Intentions

Ramped-Up Program Coincides With Growing Army

China's lack of openness about the true intentions of its space program has US officials concerned, a senior military officer said Wednesday.

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NASA Honors Apollo 13 Astronaut John Swigert

Ceremony Coincides With New Exhibit At 'Wings Over The Rockies' Museum

NASA will honor the late astronaut John "Jack" L. Swigert, Jr., with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the US space program.

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