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…
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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…
New Boeing 702X Satellites Offer Unique Multi-Mission Flexibility
Matured design enables delivery to customers in less than three years Boeing software reallocates bandwidth to meet real-time changes in demand PARIS Sept. 9,…
Airbus and Telespazio join forces to sell military telecommunications services on Syracuse IV satellites
Paris, 9 September 2019 – Airbus and Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) have set up a partnership to market military telecommunications services using the future Syracuse IV satellites. This partnership…
Plans detailed for first U.S. mission to land on moon since Apollo
(Reuters) – The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be an unmanned robotic lander built by closely…
Boeing Space and Launch Headquarters Moving to Florida’s Space Coast
Leadership shifts to Florida as human spaceflight, military and commercial space programs progress Move builds on six-decade Boeing heritage in the region No…
Apollo 11, July 20th 1969, First Man on the Moon.
On July 20, 1969, humans walked on another world for the first time in history, achieving the goal that President John F. Kennedy had set…
Fly me to the Moon… with Airbus
Future lunar missions to benefit from Airbus’ expertise In 1969, space exploration changed forever when America’s Apollo 11 brought the first manned mission to the…