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Space News May 28, 2010

Boeing GPS IIF-1 Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space

May 28, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-1 satellite, the inaugural spacecraft in…

Space News May 26, 2010

Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns Home After Its Final Planned Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48 a.m. EDT…

General Aviation News, Space News May 26, 2010

Phoenix Mars Lander Does Not Phone Home, New Image Shows Damage

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA’s…

Space News May 26, 2010

Space Shuttle Crew Set To Return To Earth Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Wednesday, May 26, after a 12-day mission….

Military Aviation News, Space News May 25, 2010

Lockheed Martin Delivers First U.S. Air Force Advanced EHF Satellite

New-Generation Protected Military Communications Satellite Scheduled to Launch July 2010 SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 25th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered the first satellite…

Space News May 21, 2010

Japan launches space probe to explore Venus

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki early Friday, said reports from Tanegashima, an island south of Japan’s main island Kyushu. The H-2A…

Space News May 18, 2010

SES WORLD SKIES orders new satellite from Astrium

SES-6 to fuel growth for SES throughout the Americas SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), today…

Space News May 18, 2010

NASA Announces Opportunities To See Shuttle And Space Station

WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are flying together 220 miles overhead until Sunday, May 23. Circling the Earth every 90…

Space News May 18, 2010

1st Boeing GPS IIF Spacecraft Ready for Launch from Cape Canaveral

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 18, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF navigation spacecraft that…

Space News May 14, 2010

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off to Put Finishing Touches on the International Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of the final space shuttle visits to the International Space Station began at 2:20 p.m. Friday with the launch of…

Space News May 14, 2010

Boeing Provides New Antenna, Batteries for Shuttle Mission to Space Station

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., May 14, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has provided critical parts that Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry to the International Space…

Space News May 14, 2010

Atlantis and STS-132 Crew Set for Friday Launch to Space Station

Space shuttle Atlantis is embarking on its final planned mission. During the 12-day flight, Atlantis and six astronauts will fly to the International Space Station,…

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