Scaled Composites LLC has disclosed to ANN that that
Douglas B. Shane has been appointed President and will assume
responsibility for day-to-day operations of the company. Company
founder Burt Rutan has been named Chief Technology Officer and
Chairman Emeritus in a move that will allow him to focus on the
company’s creative and entrepreneurial strengths.
May 30 Launch Scrubbed Until Cause For Fault Determined
Arianespace tells ANN a software programming glitch discovered
during final checks of last Friday's planned Ariane 5 ECA mission
is under review by an independent group of experts, and will be
fully solved before the dual-payload flight is rescheduled.
Occurred On 43rd Anniversary Of First US Excursion
Tuesday was the 43rd anniversary of the first spacewalk by an
American, performed by Ed White during the Gemini IV mission. The
crews of the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space
Station celebrated with a six-hour, 48-minute spacewalk to prepare
Japan's new Kibo research lab for installation on the station.
Engines Generated Nearly Half A Million Pounds Of Force
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the
first five-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift
rocket at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on Thursday, May
29. At full power the engines generated almost half a million
pounds of force, and consumed 1,750 lbs of fuel and liquid oxygen
per second.
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