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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…

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…

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