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July 04, 2013

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2013
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to make commercial human spaceflight services available for government and commercial customers. These were the fifth and sixth milestones for SpaceX, a partner in NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The company is on track to complete all 14 of its CCiCap milestones by mid-2014. In a human certificatio ... read more

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Cloud modeling expands estimate of life-supporting planets A new study that calculates the influence of cloud behavior on climate doubles the number of potentially habitable planets orbiting red dwarfs, the most common type of star in the universe. Th ... more		Cluster spacecraft detects elusive space wind A new study provides the first conclusive proof of the existence of a space wind first proposed theoretically over 20 years ago. By analysing data from the European Space Agency's Cluster spacecraft ... more		One in Four Chance Annually of Rocket Debris Entering High-Traffic Airspace Urban Sky Secures $30 Million in Series B Round to Advance Stratospheric Innovation New Zealand voices 'concern' as Cook Islands seeks China deal		NASA ESA Movie Making Tool Hits The Million Mark A solar movie-making program produced by scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency just hit a major milestone: its millionth movie. The Helioviewer project - consisting of an online tool at ... more
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