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Space News April 2, 2010

Crew Lifts Off from Kazakhstan to Join Crewmates aboard the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko safely launched to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on…

Space News April 2, 2010

Boeing Contribution to Shuttle Mission Includes Troubleshooting, Payload Prep

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., April 2, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been providing NASA with a wide variety of hardware and services…

Space News April 1, 2010

NASA Releases Stunning Hubble Telescope 20th Anniversary Book

WASHINGTON — NASA set out on a monumental journey with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. Since then, it has captured…

Space News April 1, 2010

Worldâ€™s First Weather Satellite Launched 50 Years Ago Today and Lockheed Martin has Been Involved from the Very Beginning

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 1st, 2010 — TIROS-1â€“the first Television and Infrared Observation Satelliteâ€“and its successors revolutionized weather observation and forecasting. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and…

Space News April 1, 2010

CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo

facilities to the underground launch silo this morning. Although it is only 7 km between the two sites, the specialised lorry, nicknamed the ‘crocodile’, takes…

Space News March 31, 2010

Fly us to the Moonâ€¦south pole to be precise

31 March 2010 The south polar region of the Moon, with dark craters and high ridges, is a world away from the relatively smooth terrain…

EXTRA NEWS, Space News March 23, 2010

Branson spacecraft VSS Enterprise completes test flight

Virgin Galactic announced today (22-03-2010) that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport. This very first captive carry…

Space News March 18, 2010

Planck sees tapestry of cold dust

Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESAâ€™s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to…

Space News March 18, 2010

Soyuz Landing Caps Milestone Space Station Mission

WASHINGTON — Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Max Suraev landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday, wrapping up…

Space News March 16, 2010

Boeing Announces New Names for Boeing 702 Satellite Series

Rebranding Reflects Evolution of Classic 702 Satellite Design EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 16, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will begin marketing…

Space News March 14, 2010

FALCON 9 STATIC FIRE

Â On Tuesday, March 9th, SpaceX performed our first Static Fire for the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. We counted down to T-2 seconds and aborted…

Space News March 6, 2010

Boeing Transfers US Portions of International Space Station to NASA

HOUSTON, March 5, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today officially turned over the U.S. on-orbit segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to NASA with…

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