The first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft to go into space has been delivered to Sierra Nevada Corporation for final assembly and testing.
Photo: SNC
Category: Space
USAF to test-fire unarmed Minuteman III ICBM
A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile will be test-fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Oct. 2.
Senior Airman Ian Dudley [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Falcon Heavy certified for NSSL mission
The U.S. Air Force has cleared the Falcon Heavy rocket to carry its military satellites into space but SpaceX still has to work on certifying it for the most stressing national security space orbits.
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X-37B just clocked new spaceflight-duration record
The current X-37B mission – OTV-5 – has broken a new spaceflight-duration record that was previously set at 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes during the previous mission.
Giuseppe De Chiara 1968 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Pentagon kills RKV
The Pentagon has decided to pull the plug on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program after “exercising due diligence,” the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering says.
Graphic: Raytheon
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