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Capsule that could take Singaporean into space unveiled

Source: Channel NewsAsia – channelnewsasia.com Lim Seng, founder of local company IN.Genius, has unveiled a space capsule which he hopes will send the first Singaporean into space next year – as a birthday gift for the nation’s 50th birthday.

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R101: The anniversary of Bedford’s greatest tragedy

Source:  Bedfordshire on Sunday – bedfordshire-news.co.uk By Judy Riley In the late autumn of 1929, little Donald Clarke posed for a photo with his brother, Reginald, in front of the R101. Little did he know then that, some 80 years later, … Continue reading

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NMSU helps NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program achieve rare feat

Source: Las Cruces Sun-News – lcsun-news.com By Tiffany Acosta For the first time in the 27-year launch history in Fort Sumner, N.M., New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility team launched three balloon experiments on three … Continue reading

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Balloon pilots take aim at long-distance flight record

Source: CTV News – ctvnews.ca By Susan Montoya Bryan An international team led by two veteran pilots has set its sights on breaking a pair of major ballooning records when it launches its helium-filled balloon from Japan in early 2015.

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Spaceport America may get near-space balloon flights

Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com By Kevin Robinson-Avila Paying passengers may soon fly to the edge of space in massive balloons launched from Spaceport America.

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