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Space News February 10, 2011

Boeing to Study Commercial Space Capabilities for Military Use

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 10, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $900,000 study contract from the Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Systems Directorate of…

Space News February 10, 2011

Lockheed Martin Ships Out First Orion Spacecraft

The Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] Orion team shipped out the first Orion crew module spacecraft structure today from NASAâ€™s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La….

Space News February 7, 2011

ATV 2 â€œJohannes Keplerâ€ is ready for launch

â€œJohannes Keplerâ€, built by Astrium, is the second unmanned European transport spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS). It is currently in the final pre-launch…

Space News February 1, 2011

Lockheed Martin Team Completes Goes-R Weather Satellite Preliminary Design Review

The Lockheed Martin team designing NASA and NOAAâ€™s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series (GOES-R) weather satellite has successfully completed its system Preliminary Design Review, a…

Space News January 26, 2011

NASA’s Hubble Finds Most Distant Galaxy Candidate Ever Seen in Universe

WASHINGTON — Astronomers have pushed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is likely to be the most distant object ever seen…

Space News January 24, 2011

Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos

Mars Express has returned images from the Phobos flyby of 9 January 2011. Mars Express passed Marsâ€™ largest moon at a distance of 100km. Source:…

Space News January 22, 2011

Japanese rocket ferrying supplies to space station

TOKYO – A Japanese rocket carrying an unmanned cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off Saturday, said reports from Tanegashima Island in…

Space News January 13, 2011

NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates For Two Flights

WASHINGTON — NASA is targeting 4:50 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, for the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission to the International Space…

Space News January 11, 2011

Lockheed Martin Developed Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live With Launch of STPSAT-2

Ground Infrastructure Sharing Saves U.S. Air Force Resources VALLEY FORGE, Pa, January 11th, 2011 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced that the satellite command and…

Space News January 6, 2011

WILL WHITEHORN TO RETIRE AS PRESIDENT OF VIRGIN GALACTIC.

GEORGE WHITESIDES TO TAKE ON COMBINED ROLE OF PRESIDENT AND CEO. Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic since the formation of the company in 2004,…

Space News January 5, 2011

Andromedaâ€™s once and future stars

Two ESA observatories have combined forces to show the Andromeda Galaxy in a new light. Herschel sees rings of star formation in this, the most…

Military Aviation News, Space News August 15, 2010

First Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Launched Successfully

National asset will provide significant new communications capabilities to warfighter CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, August 14th, 2010 — The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency…

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