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Aerospace & Defense News - Space

AirGuide Business, Oct 13, 2008

NASA

NASA officials expected to begin receiving photos of Mercury's surface Tuesday morning after the Messenger spacecraft flew within 125 miles of the planet on Monday. A mission spokesman said navigational photos used to position the spacecraft already had team members "oohing and aahing," over "a variety of faults and some large impact structures" that have never been seen before. Oct 7, 2008

Soyuz

Orbital module of the Samara Space Centre Soyuz-FG rocket containing the Energia Soyuz TMA-13 manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility to the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan on 8 October for integration with the launcher. Soyuz TMA-13 is expected to launch on 12 October to transport International Space Station Expedition 18 crew, mission commander Michael Fincke, flight engineer Yury Lonchakov and space tourist Richard Garriott. Oct 9, 2008

Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo could be treated as a sounding rocket. Spaceport Sweden is now waiting to hear from its government's commerce ministry on whether current domestic aviation and sounding rocket law are sufficient to allow commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic to operate. A decision is due by year-end. In January 2007 Virgin Galactic named Sweden's northernmost city, Kiruna, as the location of its first European spaceport. The small, remote city is home to Swedish Space's (SSC) Esrange Space Centre, as well as Icehotel, a hotel made from blocks of compacted snow and ice. SSC and Icehotel are partners in Spaceport Sweden, along with Kiruna Arena Arctica airport's operator Luftfartsverket and local development company Progressum. Oct 7, 2008

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