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		<title>Dedication ceremonies and flights at Virgin Galactic Spaceport America</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/10/18/dedication-ceremonies-and-flights-at-virgin-galactic-spaceport-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic have held dedication ceremonies and flown the WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo aircraft in front of 800 guests at the New Mexico Spaceport.
Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez dedicate the ‘Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space’ and New Science and Education Customers to Bring Benefits of Space Access to Students and Researchers.
The flight of WhiteKnightTwo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing selects Atlas V Rocket for initial Commercial Crew Launches</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/08/04/boeing-selects-atlas-v-rocket-for-initial-commercial-crew-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boeing Company have today announced that it has selected the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to launch the Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft from Florida’s Space Coast.

&#8220;This selection marks a major step forward in Boeing&#8217;s efforts to provide NASA with a proven launch capability as part of our complete commercial crew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA tests future deep space vehicle for water landings</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/07/22/nasa-tests-future-deep-space-vehicle-for-water-landings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/07/22/nasa-tests-future-deep-space-vehicle-for-water-landings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As NASA closes the chapter on the Space Shuttle Program, a new era of exploration vehicles is beginning to take off.
Testing began this month at NASA&#8217;s Langley Research Center in Hampton, in the new Hydro Impact Basin to certify the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) for water landings. The Orion MPCV will carry astronauts into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;S proud as space program ends with final Shuttle flight by Atlantis</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/07/21/nasas-proud-as-space-program-ends-with-final-shuttle-flight-by-atlantis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/07/21/nasas-proud-as-space-program-ends-with-final-shuttle-flight-by-atlantis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wrapping up 30 years of unmatched achievements and blazing a trail for the next era of U.S. human spaceflight, NASA&#8217;s storied Space Shuttle Program came to a &#8220;wheels stop&#8221; on Thursday at the conclusion of its 135th mission.
Shuttle Atlantis and its four-astronaut crew glided home for the final time, ending a 13-day journey of more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing GPS navigation satellite begins post-launch operational tests</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/07/18/boeing-gps-navigation-satellite-begins-post-launch-operational-tests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF navigation satellites it is building for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIF-2, renamed SVN-63, is functioning normally and ready to begin on-orbit maneuvers and operational testing.
SVN-63 launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV vehicle today at 2:41 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA awards Lockheed Martin Hubble Telescope follow up contract</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2011/06/30/nasa-awards-lockheed-martin-hubble-telescope-follow-up-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA has awarded a follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation (LMSSC) for Mission Operations, Systems Engineering and Software (MOSES-II) for the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is a five-year cost-plus-award fee sole source contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation with a value of $133,070,796, which includes the maximum award fee. 
Under this contract, Lockheed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUICK &#8211; Competition to meet a NASA Astronaut</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/11/10/quick-competition-to-meet-a-nasa-astronaut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/11/10/quick-competition-to-meet-a-nasa-astronaut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are 8 years old or over and would like to meet a spaceman &#8211; sorry Astronaut &#8211; then follow the link below!
The Royal Aeronautical Society is launching a challenge to young people in  the United Kingdom that will give them the chance to meet British born NASA  Astronaut, Dr Piers Sellers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Galactic fly-by at Spaceport runway dedication</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/10/22/virgin-galactic-fly-by-at-spaceport-runway-dedication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/10/22/virgin-galactic-fly-by-at-spaceport-runway-dedication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) today dedicated the nearly two-mile long “Governor Bill RIchardson Spaceway” at Spaceport America, representing significant progress toward launching commercial customers into space from the desert of New Mexico. Governor Bill Richardson, Sir Richard Branson and approximately 30 of more than 380 Virgin Galactic future astronauts attended the event along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise triumphs in test flight</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/10/11/video-virgin-galactic-vss-enterprise-triumphs-in-test-flight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/10/11/video-virgin-galactic-vss-enterprise-triumphs-in-test-flight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virgin VSS Enterprise has achieved manned free flight from over 45,000 ft (13,700 metres) and successfully glided to land at Mojave Air and Spaceport.
Yesterday Virgin Galactic, the US company developing the world’s first commercial manned space flight system and tourism business, announced the successful completion of the first piloted free flight of SpaceShipTwo, named the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space Shuttle Atlantis returns home after its final planned mission</title>
		<link>http://www.planetalkinglive.com/2010/05/26/space-shuttle-atlantis-returns-home-after-its-final-planned-mission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48
a.m. EDT landing Wednesday at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The third of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, this was the last scheduled flight for Atlantis. The mission, designated STS-132, delivered the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 [...]]]></description>
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