China's success means October wasn't all bad news for space exploration
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
The final week in October was widely reported as having been disastrous for space exploration. First we had the explosion of the crewless Antares launcher as it lifted off to take provisions to the International Space Station (ISS). Then there was the loss of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo over the Mojave Desert on a test flight.