Ten years taking our planet’s pulse with SMOS
The SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity – spacecraft was launched on 2 November 2009 as part of ESA’s Living Planet Programme. Now celebrating…
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Boeing’s Starliner Completes Pad Abort Test for Commercial Crew
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed a critical safety milestone on Monday in an end-to-end test of its abort system. The Pad Abort Test took place…
Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane lands after spending 780 days in orbit
GeekWire: The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane landed today after spending a record-setting 780 days in orbit testing hush-hush technologies for long-duration spaceflight. Touchdown…
Airbus built Solar Orbiter heads for the Sun in Florida
Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship mission to study the Sun has completed all tests and is set to be flown to Cape…
Boeing Contracted to Build Rocket Stages for NASA’s Artemis Missions
Boeing completing first Space Launch System core stage; second in production ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 16, 2019 – NASA and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have initiated a…
NASA Announces Changes to Spacewalk Schedule, First All-Female Spacewalk
NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT today to discuss this week’s first all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station. Audio of…
Raytheon to help Jet Propulsion Lab explore the universe
Wins contract to develop and test new space systems Raytheon Company will develop new space systems and flight software, and provide engineering, training and operations…
Boeing Invests in Human Spaceflight Pioneer Virgin Galactic
– Boeing and Virgin Galactic enter strategic partnership to transform commercial space travel and mobility – Latest investment to date by Boeing HorizonX Ventures organization…
Successful hot firing tests for Orion
Airbus Orion-ESM Team achieves important milestones The Orion test engineers from Airbus are more than satisfied. From July to September, several mission-critical engine tests were…
NASA Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Six Orion Spacecraft
NASA and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have finalized a contract for the production and operations of six Orion spacecraft missions and the ability to order…
Space Training, Simulation and Development Facility Opens in Colorado Springs
Pulsar Guardian lets space operators work in sophisticated Multi-Domain environment COLORADO SPRINGS, Co., Sept. 17, 2019 – Pulsar Guardian is a new, state-of-the art facility…
Airbus to develop technology for ultra-high-resolution satellites for UK MOD
London, 11 September 2019 – Airbus has won a design study from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to develop the technologies for…