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Space News March 16, 2009

GOCE launch confirmed for Tuesday 17 March

16 March 2009Â Â The launch of ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has been confirmed for Tuesday 17 March at 15:21 CET….

Space News March 11, 2009

ESA’s gravity satellite moves to launch pad

With liftoff just five days away, ESA’s GOCE spacecraft â€“ encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing â€“ has been transported from the…

Space News March 9, 2009

GOCE satellite launch â€“ mapping the Earthâ€™s gravity as never before

9 March 2009 ESA PR 04-2009. ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earthâ€™s gravitational field with…

Space News March 9, 2009

Boeing Hardware to Bring International Space Station to Full Potential

TITUSVILLE, Fla., March 09, 2009 — Space Shuttle Discovery is preparing to deliver the Starboard 6 (S6) truss segment built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] —…

Space News March 5, 2009

Boeing Ships Next-Generation Weather Satellite GOES-O to Launch Site

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 04, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and NASA announced today that the second of three next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)…

Space News March 3, 2009

Stars forced to relocate near the Southern Fish

3 March 2009 A new Hubble image shows three galaxies locked in a gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of…

Space News February 27, 2009

NASA Awards Contract for Constellation Spacesuit for the Moon

WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded an interim letter contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston to begin work on the design, development and production of…

Space News February 27, 2009

Boeing Submits Proposal for Altair Lunar Lander Study Contract

HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], through its Space Exploration division, submitted a proposal to NASA today for Altair lunar lander…

Space News February 24, 2009

NASA’s Launch Of Carbon-Seeking Satellite is Unsuccessful

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 4:55 a.m. EST liftoff Tuesday from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. Preliminary…

Space News February 24, 2009

Watching Venus glow in the dark

24 February 2008 ESAâ€™s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide…

Space News February 19, 2009

Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler

19 February 2009 ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe’s next unmanned logistics spacecraft…

Space News February 18, 2009

NASA and ESA prioritise outer planet missions

18 February 2009 At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its…

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