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Boeing will transport passengers to space
The world's largest aircraft maker will make flights out of the world between now and 2015.
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Telescope on the plane
NASA introduced the Boeing 747 carrying a giant telescope called infrared astronomical stratospheric observation device (SOFIA) made by Germany.
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Aircraft 'piggyback' spacecraft
Atlantis space shuttle yesterday began its journey back to the base in Florida. Bad weather did not allow it to land here after completing the mission in orbit and had t…
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Space aircraft coming soon
British engineers claim they will successfully build a special rocket engine capable of bringing the Skylon-powered aircraft straight into space.
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Aircraft carrying a shuttle
Space shuttle Endeavor is mounted on a dedicated Boeing 747 transport aircraft ...
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Paper planes launched from international space station
A paper plane will be launched from the International Space Station (ISS) to mark the new moment of space travel. With a round shape and made of siilocon-treated heat-re…
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'Rocket aircraft' is for travelers who want to fly into space
Coming close to the stars, looking at Earth from above 100km high, ... by 2012 or 2013 this will not only be for astronauts or billionaires. Project
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NASA tests space observation aircraft
According to US space agency officials, NASA will test a modified Boeing 747 aircraft to observe the universe while flying. The aircraft was taken to NASA's aerospace re…
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The 14th cause of Gagarin and Seregin's death
According to the annual routine, April 12 has become the traditional day of the Russian cosmology industry, but also in this very important day of 2007, silent investiga…
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Ice stars almost rush into passenger aircraft
Pilots on a Chilean passenger plane yesterday saw the burning debris gliding over and only moving 40 seconds to stab them. It happens when the plane is approaching the a…
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NASA cooperates with Virgin Galactic
US Space Agency NASA has signed a cooperation agreement in the field of manned flights with British Virgin Galactic, the only private company in the world to bring manne…
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France performed the first weightless surgery
A group of French doctors are preparing to perform the first operation on people in weightless condition, on a specially designed aircraft. They hope the experiment will…
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France - Japan and super Concord dream
After the accident of Concord aircraft in Paris in 2000, the French along with the Japanese carried out a research project to build an aircraft
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How to prevent bacterial fungal hazard in aircraft fuel tank?
The US Federal Aviation Authority recently sent a text advising high-level officials to inspect and maintain aircraft for a fungus found as the main culprit for aircraft…
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The longest flight in history
American pilot Steve Fossett plans to make the longest flight in history in the middle of next week, starting with NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.