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UC researcher to contribute to space vehicles

A University of Canterbury engineer is working with American scientists on the next generation of space vehicle.

Associate Professor Susan Krumdieck, of UC’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named as an investigator to work on the next generation of hypersonic vehicle. The hypersonic vehicle, which will use scramjet engines and travel at Mach 10-15, is regarded as a much more efficient replacement for the space shuttle as it will be able to essentially fly to space.

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NASA: Despite lost contact, there is still hope for the $32.7 million Capstone spacecraft

NASA announced Tuesday that a $32.7 million Capstone spacecraft intended to try out a skewed lunar orbit had lost contact, but agency engineers are confident

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NASA is literally going to fling satellites into space

With a giant slingshot. We're not kidding.

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Here's what Musk-led SpaceX supplied to lady Nasa astronaut on Space Station

Musk-led SpaceX rocket that had blown off towards the International Space Station transporting a pretty special thing for this lady Nasa astronaut

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