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Space News March 15, 2011

Lockheed Martin GPS III Team Completes Key Flight Software Milestone

NEWTOWN, Pa., March 15th, 2011 — The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s next generation Global Position System, known as GPS III, has…

Space News March 14, 2011

SPACEX AND SES ANNOUNCE SATELLITE LAUNCH AGREEMENT

Falcon 9 booster to launch SES-8 to GTO in 2013 Hawthorne, CA/ Luxembourgâ€“ As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration…

Space News March 12, 2011

NASA Shuttle Endeavour At Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits…

Space News March 9, 2011

SPACEX EXPANDING TEXAS OPERATIONS

New Lease Gives Company Space to Grow in McGregor McGregor, TXâ€“ Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the City of McGregor today signed a lease agreement…

Space News March 9, 2011

Space Shuttle Discovery Returns Home After Final Mission

Space shuttle Discovery and its six-astronaut crew ended a 13-day journey of more than five million miles and concluded the spacecraft’s illustrious 27-year career with…

Military Aviation News, Space News March 7, 2011

2nd Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B Begins Flight

Boeing [NYSE: BA]Â announced Saturday the successful launch of the second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office…

Space News March 4, 2011

NASA Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA…

Space News March 3, 2011

China to launch first space lab by 2016

Â A Chinese senior space technology expert said Thursday that China is expected to launch its first space laboratory before 2016. “With the technological program ready,…

Space News March 1, 2011

Virgin Galactic to Fly Scientists to Space

Virgin Galactic Announces Worldâ€™s First Commercial Contracts to Send Researchers to Space Sir Richard Bransonâ€™s Virgin Galactic, LLC, the worldâ€™s first commercial spaceline, announced today…

Space News March 1, 2011

NASA’s Glory Satellite Scheduled for Launch on March 4

NASA’s Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to…

Space News February 26, 2011

Boeing Recognized for Mercury Spacecraft by Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today received an IEEE Milestone award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in recognition…

Space News February 25, 2011

Discovery Crew Checks Thermal Protection System and Spacesuits

The crew of space shuttle Discovery awoke at 6:54 a.m. EST to the song â€œThrough Heaven’s Eyesâ€ by Brian Stokes Mitchell from the Prince of…

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