An agreement has been signed between Raytheon Technical Services and Petrofac Training Services to allow oil workers to train at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory’s giant pool. While training scenes for fictional oil workers were seen during the movie Armageddon, Petrofac’s team won’t be preparing to save the planet, instead using the facility to fine tune their survival protocols.
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NASA’s End State Flow Review (ESFR) has refined preliminary arrangements and schedules for Discovery’s immediate post…
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With the need for on-orbit Thermal Protection System (TPS) repair maturity required for the one…
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Flight Day 6 saw the completion of the second of five EVAs during STS-123, as…
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The International nature of the Space Station is fully in evidence, as STS-123 moved into…
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The International Space Station (ISS) has a busy week ahead, with the process of relocating…
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Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) are preparing a replacement robotic arm – originally…
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Ship 33 and Booster 14 lifted off at 4:37 PM CST from Starbase, Texas, for…
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After years of development, Blue Origin’s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, successfully launched…
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SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission,…
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On Tuesday, January 14 at 11:09 AM PST (19:09 UTC) SpaceX launched the Transporter-12 rideshare…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn scrubs, SpaceX launches national reconnaissance mission
The first full week of 2025 – and the first part of next week –…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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Starlink launch concludes record-breaking 2024
With SpaceX’s successful launch of the Starlink Group 12-6 mission on Tuesday, the curtain came…
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India launch SpaDeX space docking demonstration, begins assembly of human-rated launch vehicle
by Martin SmithThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a space docking experiment — a critical…
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Four flights in the books and major infrastructure upgrades headline 2024 for the Starship program
by Ryan WeberSpaceX and the Starship program had an amazing and eventful year, with four test flights,…
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International Space Station finishes challenging year as plans are made for its retirement
The International Space Station continues to act as humanity’s outpost in low-Earth orbit, a role…
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Europe’s future in space: Vega cadence to increase, HyImpulse’s hybrid rocket
by Martin SmithEuropean companies in the space sector have been developing novel technology to find their unique…
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FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch
by Ryan WeberThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SpaceX’s Flight 7 of Starship. The news came…