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Space News July 16, 2009

On this day: 40 years ago

16 July 1969 With over half a billion people watching all over the world, Apollo 11 prepares to lift off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on…

Space News July 16, 2009

Boeing Signs 4-Satellite Contract With Intelsat

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Intelsat Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services,…

Space News July 16, 2009

SPACEX’S FALCON 1 SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERS RAZAKSAT SATELLITE TO ORBIT

Hawthorne, CA â€“ (July 15, 2009) â€“ Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) announces the successful launch of Falcon 1 Flight 5 launch vehicle and delivery…

Space News July 15, 2009

New map hints at Venus’ wet, volcanic past

Venus Express has charted the first map of Venusâ€™ southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have…

Space News July 14, 2009

NASA Plays Audio “Time Capsule” of Historic Apollo 11 Mission

HOUSTON — NASA will provide a unique audio “time capsule” in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. Audio…

Space News July 14, 2009

Mission accomplished: 105-day Mars mission simulation ends in Moscow

14 July 2009 A crew of six today completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first…

Space News July 8, 2009

ESA and NASA establish a joint Mars exploration initiative

8 July 2009 On 29 and 30 June the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood, met NASAâ€™s Associate Administrator for Science, Ed…

Space News July 2, 2009

Astriumâ€™s 45th Ariane 5 successfully launched

On 1 July 2009, at 2.52 p.m. (Kourou time), 6.52 p.m. (UK time), another Ariane 5 developed and built by Astrium was successfully launched from…

Space News July 2, 2009

NASA official sees cheaper route to moon

John Shannon, manager of NASA’s space shuttle program, is proposing a next-generation rocket program that he says might cost only 20% of the estimated $35…

Space News July 1, 2009

XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes

Astronomers using ESAâ€™s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have discovered a black hole weighing more than 500 solar masses, a missing link between lighter stellar-mass and heavier…

Space News July 1, 2009

Boeing Team to Develop Revolutionary Spacecraft Power System for DARPA

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., July 1, 2009 — An industry team led by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received a contract from the Defense Advanced…

Space News June 30, 2009

Lockheed Martin Awarded Concept Development Contract for U.S. Air Force Space Fence

MOORESTOWN, NJ, June 30th, 2009 — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space…

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