ESA and NASA establish a joint Mars exploration initiative
8 July 2009 On 29 and 30 June the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood, met NASA’s Associate Administrator for Science, Ed…
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Astrium’s 45th Ariane 5 successfully launched
On 1 July 2009, at 2.52 p.m. (Kourou time), 6.52 p.m. (UK time), another Ariane 5 developed and built by Astrium was successfully launched from…
NASA official sees cheaper route to moon
John Shannon, manager of NASA’s space shuttle program, is proposing a next-generation rocket program that he says might cost only 20% of the estimated $35…
XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have discovered a black hole weighing more than 500 solar masses, a missing link between lighter stellar-mass and heavier…
Boeing Team to Develop Revolutionary Spacecraft Power System for DARPA
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., July 1, 2009 — An industry team led by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received a contract from the Defense Advanced…
Lockheed Martin Awarded Concept Development Contract for U.S. Air Force Space Fence
MOORESTOWN, NJ, June 30th, 2009 — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space…
Boeing Ships Next-Generation GPS Satellite to Cape Canaveral for Tests
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 25, 2009Â — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped a Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…
Salt Finding from NASA’s Cassini Hints at Ocean within Saturn Moon
PASADENA, Calif. — For the first time, scientists working on NASA’s Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn’s outermost ring. Detecting…
Boeing Completes On-Orbit Handover of 2nd Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite to US Air Force
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 17, 2009 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] on June 15 successfully transferred control of the second Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite to…
Aviationnews.eu moves to new platform
Our site is in the process of being moved to a new platform. This could slow down the news messages for 24 / 48 hours. We…
OasISS mission heading to ISS with ESA astronaut Frank De Winne
ESA PR 13-2009. ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is heading to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month OasISS mission. Together with…
AgustaWestland Test Pilot Selected For Astronaut Training
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, congratulates Tim Peake, AgustaWestland Senior Test Pilot, on his selection by the European Space Agency as the first British astronaut to…
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