GOCE satellite launch – mapping the Earth’s gravity as never before
9 March 2009 ESA PR 04-2009. ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth’s gravitational field with…
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Boeing Hardware to Bring International Space Station to Full Potential
TITUSVILLE, Fla., March 09, 2009 — Space Shuttle Discovery is preparing to deliver the Starboard 6 (S6) truss segment built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] —…
Boeing Ships Next-Generation Weather Satellite GOES-O to Launch Site
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 04, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and NASA announced today that the second of three next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)…
Stars forced to relocate near the Southern Fish
3 March 2009 A new Hubble image shows three galaxies locked in a gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of…
NASA Awards Contract for Constellation Spacesuit for the Moon
WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded an interim letter contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston to begin work on the design, development and production of…
Boeing Submits Proposal for Altair Lunar Lander Study Contract
HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], through its Space Exploration division, submitted a proposal to NASA today for Altair lunar lander…
NASA’s Launch Of Carbon-Seeking Satellite is Unsuccessful
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 4:55 a.m. EST liftoff Tuesday from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. Preliminary…
Watching Venus glow in the dark
24 February 2008 ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide…
Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler
19 February 2009 ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe’s next unmanned logistics spacecraft…
NASA and ESA prioritise outer planet missions
18 February 2009 At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its…
Boeing Submits Proposals to NASA for Ares V Rocket Design Support
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 18, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that its Space Exploration division has submitted proposals to NASA for the…
First Lockheed Martin-Built Milstar Satellite Marks 15 Years On Orbit
SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 12th, 2009 — The first U.S. Air Force Milstar communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin [NTSE:LMT] team, has achieved 15 years…
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