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The Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. The spacecraft acquired photographic data from November 18 to 25, 1966, and readout occurred through D...

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Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Launched November 7, 1967; landed November 10, 1967 Mass on landing: 299.6 kg (660.5 lb) Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii. Read more

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Venera 14 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. Venera 14 was identical to the Venera 13 spacecraft and built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity and launched 5 days apart. It was launched on 4 November 1981 at 05:31:00 UTC and Venera 13 on 30 October 19...

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A Soyuz U rocket with the Progress 49P/M-17M is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 07:41 UT, 31st October, 2012. The unmanned cargo ship will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. Docking (to Zvezda aft) is scheduled for around 13:40 UT, 1st November, 2012. Nasa TV L...

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Soyuz TM-31 was Russian passenger transportation spacecraft launched by a Soyuz-U rocket at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000. Read more

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SpaceX Completes Successful Wet Dress Rehearsal On August 31, SpaceX completed a successful wet dress rehearsal, a launch readiness test which simulates the actual countdown of the Falcon 9 rocket, in preparation for its first official cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station...

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STS-95 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on 29 October 1998. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicised mission due to former Project Mercury astr...

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Soyuz 3 ("Union 3") was a spaceflight mission launched by the Soviet Union on October 26, 1968. Read more

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On 15 October 2002, a Soyuz-U carrying the ESA Foton-M1 project at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, failed to launch after one of the rocket's five engines did not start, resulting in an unstable flight plan. Approximately fifteen seconds after lift-off, the rocket fell back to the launch pad and exploded...

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The flight of the Voskhod 1 (Ascent 1 or Dawn 1) was the first space flight to carry more than one crewman into outer space, the first space flight without the use of spacesuits, and the first to carry either an engineer or a physician into outer space. The flight of the Voskhod 1 also set a manned spacecra...

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Searching for Planets in Clouds of Dust A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development under NASA's Explorer mission program. The Exoplanetary Circumstellar Environments and Disk Explorer (EXCEDE) mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's s...

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STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle. It was launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, 11 October 2000. Read more

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STS 41-G was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger launched on 5 October 1984, and conducted the second shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Centre on 13 October. Read more ...

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The launch campaign is now in Day 17 (of 180 days) - as you can imagine, preparing a 20-tonne vehicle means there is a lot of logistics work to be carried out before you can really start. We have the opportunity to store some items here at Centre Spatiale Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou between campaigns, but a l...

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STS-51-J was a NASA Space Shuttle mission. It was the first flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the 21st shuttle mission overall. It launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 3 October 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defence, and landed four days later, on 7 October. Read m...

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	The Lunar Orbiter 2 (Preview) The Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. The spacecraft acquired photographic data from November 18 to 25, 1966, and readout occurred through D...	Blobrana	4	Nov 7 07:26 2012 by Blobrana
	Surveyor 6 (Preview) Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Launched November 7, 1967; landed November 10, 1967 Mass on landing: 299.6 kg (660.5 lb) Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii. Read more	Blobrana	1	Nov 6 07:56 2012 by Blobrana
	Venera 14 (Preview) Venera 14 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. Venera 14 was identical to the Venera 13 spacecraft and built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity and launched 5 days apart. It was launched on 4 November 1981 at 05:31:00 UTC and Venera 13 on 30 October 19...	Blobrana	2	Nov 4 06:56 2012 by Blobrana
	Progress 49P/M-17M Progress (Preview) A Soyuz U rocket with the Progress 49P/M-17M is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 07:41 UT, 31st October, 2012. The unmanned cargo ship will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. Docking (to Zvezda aft) is scheduled for around 13:40 UT, 1st November, 2012. Nasa TV L...	Blobrana	2	Oct 31 16:33 2012 by Blobrana
	Soyuz TM-31 (Preview) Soyuz TM-31 was Russian passenger transportation spacecraft launched by a Soyuz-U rocket at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000. Read more	Blobrana	1	Oct 31 05:57 2012 by Blobrana
	Falcon 9 ISS mission ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) SpaceX Completes Successful Wet Dress Rehearsal On August 31, SpaceX completed a successful wet dress rehearsal, a launch readiness test which simulates the actual countdown of the Falcon 9 rocket, in preparation for its first official cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station...	Blobrana	27	Oct 29 18:21 2012 by Blobrana
	STS-95 (Preview) STS-95 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on 29 October 1998. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicised mission due to former Project Mercury astr...	Blobrana	1	Oct 29 05:53 2012 by Blobrana
	Soyuz 3 (Preview) Soyuz 3 ("Union 3") was a spaceflight mission launched by the Soviet Union on October 26, 1968. Read more	Blobrana	1	Oct 26 05:40 2012 by Blobrana
	Foton-M1 (Preview) On 15 October 2002, a Soyuz-U carrying the ESA Foton-M1 project at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, failed to launch after one of the rocket's five engines did not start, resulting in an unstable flight plan. Approximately fifteen seconds after lift-off, the rocket fell back to the launch pad and exploded...	Blobrana	1	Oct 15 05:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Voskhod 1 (Preview) The flight of the Voskhod 1 (Ascent 1 or Dawn 1) was the first space flight to carry more than one crewman into outer space, the first space flight without the use of spacesuits, and the first to carry either an engineer or a physician into outer space. The flight of the Voskhod 1 also set a manned spacecra...	Blobrana	1	Oct 12 05:43 2012 by Blobrana
	EXCEDE mission (Preview) Searching for Planets in Clouds of Dust A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development under NASA's Explorer mission program. The Exoplanetary Circumstellar Environments and Disk Explorer (EXCEDE) mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's s...	Blobrana	2	Oct 11 12:09 2012 by Blobrana
	STS-92 STS (Preview) STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle. It was launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, 11 October 2000. Read more	Blobrana	2	Oct 11 05:44 2012 by Blobrana
	STS 41-G STS (Preview) STS 41-G was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger launched on 5 October 1984, and conducted the second shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Centre on 13 October. Read more ...	Blobrana	1	Oct 5 05:56 2012 by Blobrana
	ATV-3 ( 1 2 3 4 ) ATV (Preview) The launch campaign is now in Day 17 (of 180 days) - as you can imagine, preparing a 20-tonne vehicle means there is a lot of logistics work to be carried out before you can really start. We have the opportunity to store some items here at Centre Spatiale Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou between campaigns, but a l...	Blobrana	37	Oct 3 14:18 2012 by Blobrana
	STS-51-J mission STS (Preview) STS-51-J was a NASA Space Shuttle mission. It was the first flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the 21st shuttle mission overall. It launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 3 October 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defence, and landed four days later, on 7 October. Read m...	Blobrana	1	Oct 3 05:40 2012 by Blobrana
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