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Space News March 5, 2010

Boeing's 3rd GOES Satellite Sends 1st Signals From Space

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 5, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received the first on-orbit signals from the third Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) built…

Space News March 4, 2010

Space Shuttles Final Flight Tank Spliced Together.

NEW ORLEANS, LA., March 2nd, 2010 — The Space Shuttle Programs final flight tank designated External Tank-138 has completed a critical production milestone…

Space News February 25, 2010

FALCON 9 VERTICAL AT THE CAPE

Â Taking the rocket vertical was the most recent milestone in a series of key launch prep activities at the Cape in recent weeks. Prior…

Space News February 24, 2010

High-performance ESA receiver brings satnav indoors

Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors,…

Space News February 22, 2010

Space shuttle Endeavour is home after two weeks in space

Endeavour Completes Mission, Lands at KSC Space shuttle Endeavour is home after two weeks in space, having delivered the final U.S. module and a “room…

Space News February 19, 2010

Endeavours Crew Prepares to Depart Orbital Outpost Today; Landing Sunday

Endeavour and Station Crews Say Goodbye The hatches between space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station were closed at 3:08 a.m. EST Friday. During…

Space News February 18, 2010

Stardust-NExT Spacecraft Fires Engines To Delay Arrival At Comet

Lockheed Martin-Built Spacecraft One Year Away From Encounter with Tempel 1 DENVER, February 18th, 2010 — NASAâ€™s Stardust-NExT (New Exploration of Tempel) spacecraft fired its…

Space News February 16, 2010

Boeing Ships 1st Next-Generation GPS Satellite to Cape Canaveral

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 16, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Feb. 11 shipped the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite from the company’s…

Space News February 15, 2010

CryoSat to observe Earthâ€™s ice cover

ESA PR 03-2010. The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earthâ€™s ice fields and map ice…

Space News February 8, 2010

Last Night Launch Space Shuttle Begins a Complex Mission

“What a beautiful launch we had this morning… the orbiter performed extremely well,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, during the STS-130 postlaunch…

Space News February 7, 2010

Endeavour Launch Rescheduled

Managers officially have scheduled space shuttle Endeavour’s next launch attempt for Monday, Feb. 8 at 4:14 a.m. EST. The Mission Management Team will meet at…

Space News February 6, 2010

NASA Managers Say "Super Shuttle" Sunday Launch a "Go"

Officials meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida reviewed space shuttle Endeavour’s readiness for flight at the L-2 prelaunch meeting. They unanimously decided to…

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