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Space News October 5, 2009

Ariane 5 order for Stork Fokker

Stork Fokker has signed an important contract in relation to the Ariane 5 program. Dutch Space (part of the European EADS Astrium consortium) has again…

Space News September 24, 2009

SpaceX DRAGON/FALCON 9 UPDATE

We are now only a few months away from having the inaugural Falcon 9 launch vehicle on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral and ready…

Space News September 24, 2009

NASA officials assign crew for final scheduled Space Shuttle mission

WASHINGTON (AFNS)Â –Â NASA officials have assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010. The flight to the International…

Military Aviation News, Space News September 23, 2009

Astrium to deliver into orbit the first military communication satellite for Germany

The first satellite is ready for launch in French Guiana The entire system will be fully operational by the end of 2010 once the second…

Space News September 23, 2009

Boeing Submits Proposal for NASA Commercial Crew Transport System

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted a proposal to NASA on Sept. 22 to accelerate the development of commercial…

Space News September 17, 2009

Planck first light yields promising results

Preliminary results from ESAâ€™s Planck mission to study the early Universe indicate that the data quality is excellent. This bodes well for the full sky…

Space News September 14, 2009

Europe and US agree on civil space transportation cooperation

14 September 2009 ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday 11 September for cooperation in…

Space News September 11, 2009

Discovery’s Landing Delayed, shuttle will land Friday at Edwards Air Force Base.

Capcom Eric Boe informed the crew that if weather looks unfavorable for Fridayâ€™s first Kennedy Space Center landing opportunity, the entry team will focus early…

Space News September 10, 2009

SPACEX AND ASTRIUM ANNOUNCE GROUNDBREAKING DEAL

Hawthorne, CA â€“ September 8, 2009 â€“ Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astrium announce a contract for a SpaceX Falcon 1e to launch an Earth…

Space News September 10, 2009

STS-128 Crew Prepares for Landing

The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery are ready to wrap up a nearly 13-day flight with a landing this evening at the Kennedy Space Center…

Space News September 8, 2009

Shuttle, Station to Undock Today

After closing the hatches between the two spacecraft last night, the two crews aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station prepare to undock…

Space News September 7, 2009

STS-128 Crew Completes Equipment Transfers; Undocking Tuesday

Crews to Bid Farewell Today The 13 crew members onboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery will prepare to part today. They will…

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