Russian coaching speeds up Asian space race

Edit RBTH 12 Apr 2016
Asian nations are achieving liftoff with Moscow’s assistance ... ....

Billionaires funding the space race will be real stars of Space Symposium in Colorado Springs

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 11 Apr 2016
Plenty of military brass will be at the Space Symposium that kicks off Monday night in Colorado Springs, but all those stars may not be enough to push the burgeoning commercial space business off center stage at the planet's largest trade show on all things orbital. Pentagon spending is just starting to recover from automatic spending cuts that hit in 2013 and drove down space purchases....

A Key Day in the Space Race

Edit US News 11 Apr 2016
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Billionaires funding the space race will be real stars of Space Symposium

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 10 Apr 2016
Plenty of military brass will be at the Space Symposium that kicks off Monday night in Colorado Springs, but all those stars may not be enough to push the burgeoning commercial space business off center stage at the planet's largest trade show on all things orbital. Pentagon spending is just starting to recover from automatic spending cuts that hit in 2013 and drove down space purchases....

The Next 6 Milestones in the Commercial Space Race

Edit Gizmodo 10 Apr 2016
It’s an exciting time to be alive if you’re keen to watch humans get off this planet ... ....

India, China set eyes on joint satellite constellation for BRICS

Edit The Times of India 10 Apr 2016
Space really knows no national boundaries, yet some of the most bitter earthly battles are fought on space issues ... It is interesting that the two regional space powers India and China who are as some observers believe locked in a 21st century Asian space race, are now hoping to join hands to combat the threat of climate change ... Now it seems the threat of a warming globe is getting the two space powers to warm up to each other....

ULA cuts 375 jobs as new commercial space-race heats up

Edit Denver Post 08 Apr 2016
Centennial maker of rocket launchers to shed 10% of workforce as it tries to stay competitive as SpaceX, other startups join space race. As United Launch Alliance transitions to stay competitive in the new space race, the company confirmed ......

This week’s new films

Edit The Guardian 08 Apr 2016
Midnight Special . The Huntsman. Winer’s War . Dheepan . Couple In A Hole . The Man Who Knew Infinity . Hardcore Henry . Boulevard . Nasty Baby . The Last Man On The Moon . I Am Belfast . The Passing. Midnight Special (12A). (Jeff Nichols, 2016, US) Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver. 112 mins ... Spielberg without the cheese. The Huntsman ... 114 mins ... A heroic former astronaut remembers the space race in this cosmic nostalgia trip....

Pump it up, Scotty

Edit The Economist 07 Apr 2016
AT 73 metres long and 420 tonnes, the International Space Station is the biggest artificial object in space ... And unlike the rest of the ISS, which is essentially a series of space-going aluminium cans, the BEAM is made from cloth ... In the 1960s, with the space race in...Continue reading ....

Meet NASA Pioneer Katherine Johnson Before Her Movie Comes Out

Edit WPTV 07 Apr 2016
A familiar face has signed on to the film "Hidden Figures," which tells the story of the black women who helped NASA win the space race ... We know who Williams is, but can you name ? She's a NASA mathematician who helped take the American space program to new heights ... Johnson began making her mark on space travel in the 1950s, when both women and blacks were marginalized in American society — and at NASA....
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