This has been a busy year space mission, it looks like the next year there will be big things, and even more.
Although NASA retired space shuttle, the astronauts and astronauts on the international space station still launch regular Russian rocket, and will continue to do so. In addition, China is planning 2013 another manned docking mission, and have more countries, such as South Korea, India, Canada and European countries coalition of, will be launched next year robot science detection.
Here is to look at 13 significant emission see it, in the future of the year:
1) the orbital flight test: fortunately, in 2013 the development of manned and railway vehicles take paying passengers joyrides short of space on the edge of the private space of a series of major flight test. Virgin galactic company spacecraft many taxi test, but it was in 2013 when a use its rocket engine first powered flight. XCOR aerospace company plans to flight test Lynx and railway vehicle next year. The two companies goal is in 2014 the first batch of passengers.
2) South Korea's third start: South Korea will try for a third time to South Korea's attic space launch vehicle (KSLV) 1 booster successfully into orbit. Before trying to launch in August 2009 and June 2010, which closed, remove from South Korea, the site have failed. But, the third time may be the charm of South Korea, it will try to launch test satellite, science and technology satellite 2 c (STSAT 2 c). Start, in January 2013, is expected to a certain time.
3) India/French SARAL/ALTIKA: this satellite, India and France, the cooperation between the earth's oceans from space to study the surface height. Ocean altimetry, environmental science and oceanographic research has many applications. The spacecraft is due to 1 month and day launched by India polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV), this will also carry out NEOSSat, our planet is likely to cause dangerous near-earth asteroids search instrument design, and the Canadian space ocean surveillance satellite called sapphire. From Satish Dhawan space center in India mission will be cancelled.
4) the first Cygnus flight: personal space company orbit science company is NASA contract, delivery of goods to no one shuttle to the international space station (the other is a SpaceX company) is one of the two companies. In February, orbital science company plans to launch its first test flight of the antar on the rocket, it will carry robot Cygnus ship model. The launch will launch, from the company's complicated Wallops island in Virginia.
If antar flight test goes well, the first function Cygnus the spacecraft is scheduled to fly to the international space station on April 5, in its first test flight.
5) company SpaceX dragon ticket: space exploration technology company (SpaceX company), the company employed by the NASA space station for materials other commercial spchinaace, the dragon ship maiden test flight track laboratory last may launch. Secondly, successful flight SpaceX company delivered the goods to the task and stand.
The company was founded, the billionaire YiLong musk, next year will continue to fly to the international space station goods delivery task, launch is scheduled for March 1, and September 30 in Florida cape canaveral air force base. The flight is to keep the space station reserve enough is very important, but also to SpaceX company hope in the next few years on the dragon launched a manned mission to pave the way.
6) the space station crew launch three plan launched in 2013 to the international space station crew, liftoffs is scheduled for march and day, may and September 25,, and from kazakhstan space launch site for clients. Each launch will be 3 spaceflyers from space station partner institutions - the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe - take the Russian soyuz spacecraft. The group of usually stay 5 or 6 months, and a rotating crew three to six people always ship's orbital laboratory.
7) CASSIOPE Canada the Canadian space agency CASSIOPE (cascade small satellites and ionospheric polar explorers) spacecraft is due to take SpaceX company "falcon 9 rocket from California's vandenberg air force Basesometime launched in April. The satellite will carry a set of scientific instrument to study the sun storm was charged particles interact the ionosphere. Vehicles will also test the new communications technology. The flight is significant not only Canada, but for SpaceX company, never before from vandenberg air force base emission. In addition, falcon and will use the company's new internal merlin 1 d engine which marks the first time.
8) space station launched goods, next year may see countless goods sent to the international space station on a set of from Japan, Europe and Russia's vehicles, in addition to private goods out SpaceX company and orbital science. Russia progress launch is scheduled for February 12, April 24, and July 24, and Japanese HTV freight carried from July 15,, the European space agency of ATV is scheduled for April and a day off. The attempt and the real robot spacecraft orbital outpost for crew to provide food, hardware and scientific experiment. Photo: the space robot ship fleet]
9) the European space agency's space group: group of spacecraft, and the European space agency to build, is due to scream, carrier rocket a EUROCKOT Russian rocket launch from the polar orbit in April. The satellite will carry three instrument to study the earth's magnetic field changes over time. The delegation aims to provide insight into the earth's climate and the internal composition.
10) NASA Iris: the United States national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) interface area imaging spectrometer (Iris) satellite is a sunshine learning tasks have energy flow analysis star atmosphere and heliosphere. Iris is due to launch aboardan orbit science pegasus XL rocket, loft from vandenberg air force base of the carrier after the plane took off, in the air. Flight is scheduled for




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