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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…

Space News February 24, 2011

Discovery in Orbit

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:03:52 PM UTC+0100 Space shuttle Discovery has reached orbit and is on its way to the International Space Station. “Good to…

Space News February 24, 2011

Discovery Countdown Enters Last PLanned Hold

At T-9 minutes and counting, space shuttle Discovery is moving toward an on-time liftoff at 4:50 p.m. EST. During the hold, a series of polls…

Space News February 24, 2011

Astrium: perfect rendezvous in space for ATV â€œJohannes Keplerâ€

â€œJohannes Keplerâ€, built by Astrium, docked automatically with the ISS after travelling more than 4 million kilometres in space in one week ATV-2 becomes an…

Space News February 22, 2011

Boeing Forms Commercial Satellite Services Group to Sell Satellite Capacity

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has established Boeing Commercial Satellite Services to market commercial satellite telecommunications services to the U.S. government and other…

Space News February 18, 2011

NASA And Partners Name Upcoming Space Station Crew Members

HOUSTON — NASA and its International Space Station partners named crew members for missions aboard the complex that begin in 2013. The crews include NASA…

Space News February 17, 2011

Europeâ€™s ATV Johannes Kepler supply ship on its way to Space Station

ESAâ€™s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, has been launched into its targeted low orbit by an Ariane 5. The unmanned supply ship is planned…

Military Aviation News, Space News February 16, 2011

Lockheed Martin Completes Final Installations on First of its Kind Missile Warning Spacecraft

SBIRS GEO-1 Passes Final Factory Confidence Test in Preparation for Launch The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has…

Military Aviation News, Space News February 15, 2011

Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Exceeds 10 Years On-Orbit

Next-Generation GPS III Program Advancing Through Production Phase The seventh Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:…