*Boston University Rocket Club A student group at Boston University is striving to build a controlled hybrid rocket to 100 km.
http://hackaday.com/2012/07/18/static-testing-hybrid-rockets-for-a-flight-to-space/ * Hypersonic inflatable shield A large inflatable heat shield was tested on a Black Brant 11 sounding rocket. It slowed down a payload going around 3500 m/s (Mach 10) without burning up. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/jul/HQ_12-250_IRVE-3_Launch.html http://www.universetoday.com/96411/hypersonic-inflatable-heat-sheild-tested-successfully/ * HTV Cargo Launch HTV-3 “Kountouri” (White Stork) launched Saturday to the International Space Station, http://www.universetoday.com/96396/japanese-cargo-ship-launches-to-space-station/ http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/h2bf3/special/img/h2b_02_1366.jpg * Progress Docking Test Failed Already unloaded cargo, this was during a test of a new docking system http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/24/russian-cargo-ship-fails-to-dock-with-space-station/ * Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space Died Sally ride died of complications of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/23/157250870/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space-is-dead _______________________________________________ psas-team mailing list psas-team@lists.psas.pdx.edu http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-team This list's membership is automatically generated from the memberships of the psas-airframe, psas-avionics, and psas-general mail lists. Visit http://lists.psas.pdx.edu to individually subscribe/unsubscribe yourself from these lists.
