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Space News June 29, 2011

Five leading European aerospace companies are founding â€œBoostAeroSpaceâ€

Digital platform for Europeâ€™s aerospace industry Competitiveness and innovation through digital integration of supply chain Five leading European aerospace and defence companies, EADS/Airbus, Dassault Aviation,…

Space News June 28, 2011

NASA Sets Launch Date For Final Space Shuttle Mission

Space shuttle Atlantis’ Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are scheduled to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch…

Space News June 24, 2011

Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus’ water plumes

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission has directly sampled the water plumes jetting into space from Saturnâ€™s moon Enceladus. The findings from these fly-throughs are the strongest…

Space News June 21, 2011

Johannes Kepler has left the Station

Europeâ€™s Johannes Kepler ATV cargo ferry undocked from the International Space Station today at 14:46:30 GMT (16:46:30 CEST). The craft is now leaving the orbital…

Space News June 16, 2011

News from Mojave

Two Flights in 24 hours for SpaceShipTwo More exciting news from the Mojave Desert this morning with confirmation that SpaceShipTwo, VSS Enterprise, had completed two…

Space News June 14, 2011

Lockheed Martin Space Systems to Eliminate Approximately 1,200 Positions

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a major business area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, announced today employment reductions designed to address affordability and improve its…

Space News June 13, 2011

NASA Spacecraft Captures Video Of Asteroid Approach

WASHINGTON — Scientists working with NASA’s Dawn spacecraft have created a new video showing the giant asteroid Vesta as the spacecraft approaches this unexplored world…

Space News June 13, 2011

Upper Stage Engine Ready For Testing At NASAs Stennis Space Center

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of the nation’s future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready…

Space News June 13, 2011

Boeing Completes Delta System Definition Review of Crew Space Transportation Design

Commercial crew system on track for operational capability in 2015 HOUSTON, June 13, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] on May 19 completed the Delta System…

Space News June 3, 2011

Boeing Announces Workforce Reductions in Space Exploration Division

HOUSTON, June 3, 2011 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today issued 60-day advance layoff notices to approximately 510 employees in its Space Exploration division,…

Space News June 2, 2011

Shuttle STS-134 back from enhancing Space Station

The wheels of Space Shuttle Endeavour touched down at NASAâ€™s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning at 06:35 GMT (08:35 CEST) after a 16-day…

Space News May 31, 2011

Thales Alenia Space delivers first Cygnus PCM to Orbital Sciences Corporation

New commercial cargo vehicle for the International Space Station preparing for launch in late 2011 Thales Alenia Space announced that it has delivered to Orbital…

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