"But our concerns with Iran's development of space launch vehicle technologies are obviously well-known: Any space launch vehicle capable of placing an object in orbit is directly relevant to the development of long-range ballistic missiles, " she told reporters.
No scientist on Earth has yet established a proven way as how one might propel even a relatively small space craft in the scale of the Apollo command vehicle at near light speeds never mind a huge piece of space junk like a Death Star.
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Virgin Galactic is hopeful it will have a successful test launch of its space vehicle next year.
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Pyongyang has also argued that it made clear during negotiations with the U.S. that it would promise not to test a missile but not agree to restrict the launch of a space vehicle.
"We are planning to build a permanent base on the moon by 2015 and by 2020 we can begin the industrial-scale delivery... of the rare isotope helium-3, " said Nikolai Sevastianov, head of Russian space vehicle manufacturer Energia, at a seminar in Moscow in January.
So the space shuttle became essentially a cargo vehicle, instead of a space bus.
Sierra Nevada Space Systems showed video of a successful flight of their Dream Catcher orbital space vehicle this year.
But even the former head of the Russian Strategic Missile Troops, noting the capabilities of a recent Iranian "space vehicle" launch, predicted that Iran would have "ballistic missiles with a range of 3, 500-4, 000 kilometers or even more, " possibly in the next few years.
The lines of these wood accents "flow" from the sporty gearshift area and ascend the center console and across the lower instrument panel to the door trim, playing a large role in defining the interior space in the front of the vehicle.
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If there is a boom coming, the fuse was lit by the 2004 flight of SpaceShipOne, a reusable space vehicle built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and funded by Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) co-founder Paul Allen .
The move puts the Michigan company among a growing number of venture-backed American companies in the alternative vehicle space to land in China, where the government provides incentives for the development and purchases of all-electric and electric hybrid cars.
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The powder and hydrogen could be stored in the frame of the vehicle, freeing up space for passengers.
On 18 August, the week before the loss of the space station mission, a Proton vehicle failed to put a communications satellite in its proper orbit.
In 2004, President George W Bush instigated ambitious plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020, necessitating the replacement of the shuttle by a new space vehicle.
The engine constantly throttles up and down, not only to counter the drag on the satellite from residual air molecules in near space but also to smooth the flight of the vehicle to minimise the noise in the gravity measurements.
The side-view mirrors on most cars are flat, and while they give drivers an accurate sense of the distance of cars behind them, they have a narrow field of view, leaving a space behind the vehicle -- the blind spot -- that a driver can't see.
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James and his welders machined, riveted and hammered 18-gauge steel and razor-thin aluminum into a space-age-looking vehicle, applying some of the same construction methods Airstream uses in its shiny luxury trailers.
This is the first successful launch of a Soyuz rocked since a failed launch in April led to speculation that NASA might send the current crew of the International Space Station home until another launch vehicle was developed.
This includes implementation across all aspects of the space system, including the spacecraft, launch vehicle, and ground and mission operations.
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Its next step is to try to win a prize for a vehicle capable of taking three people into space twice within two weeks.
He has reported as the space vehicle Pathfinder arrived on Mars and beamed live video of the planet's surface back to earth.
Thanks to the innovative "Energy Space", the battery is safely accommodated in the underfloor of the vehicle for crash protection.
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There was a time when projects like Space X were the reserve of dream and fantasy, and this next vehicle -- for now at least -- also sits in that category.
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Robert Walker and Charles Miller's "Commercial Space Exploration Needs an Obama Relaunch" (op-ed, Jan. 28) calling for President Obama to cancel NASA's program to build a government-designed heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, omits a number of facts.
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The crew exploration vehicle will be capable of ferrying astronauts and scientists to the space station after the shuttle is retired.
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The five-segment booster is intended to power the early flight phase of Nasa's proposed Ares 1 launch vehicle - its replacement for the space shuttle.
Meanwhile, Clever, a Danish company in the EV charging space announced in late 2012 that it was installing 50 fast charging stations (capable of recharging a vehicle in 15-20 minutes) by mid-2013.
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This appears to be the mindset of the Air Force regarding its experimental X-37B space plane, the billion-dollar robotic vehicle's orbital flight being extended beyond the 270 days it was initially designed for.
California's XCOR Aerospace also is developing a reusable vehicle that will take a pilot and a front-seat customer to the edge of space -- for pleasure or to transport scientific payloads that would benefit from microgravity.
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Bond has gone into outer space, into volcanoes, spent a considerable amount of time undersea, and traversed the globe in virtually every kind of vehicle, from Venetian gondolas to motorcycles, Aston Martins to nuclear submarines, and has even been transported by oil pipelines and in one forgettable sequence, by using a string instrument as sled.
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