Boeing’s Starliner completes service module hot fire testing
Critical test of Starliner propulsion system clears milestone ahead of flying crew White Sands, N.M., May 24, 2019 – Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner propulsion system was…
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Fifth Lockheed Martin-Built AEHF Satellite To Cape Canaveral For June Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 9, 2019 – The U.S. Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its…
The “Roc” World’s largest plane makes first flight over California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane…
Leonardo: contract signed in Brazil to detect oil spills using COSMO-SkyMed Earth observation satellites
• More than 50 Petrobras oil rigs north of Rio de Janeiro will be monitored by COSMO-SkyMed satellites daily, along with another 40 critical locations…
Airbus prepares Cheops satellite for launch
Madrid, 29 March 2019 – Airbus Defence and Space has completed construction of the Cheops satellite (Characterising Exoplanet Satellite). The European Space Agency (ESA) recently…
Second Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite For The U.S. Air Force Arrives In Cape Canaveral For July Launch
The U.S. Air Force’s second new GPS III satellite, bringing higher-power, more accurate and harder-to-jam signals to the GPS constellation, has arrived in Florida for…
Lockheed Martin’s First Smart Satellites are Tiny with Big Missions
Tech that enables new missions and capability with a software push will be ready for launch this year DENVER, March 20, 2019 — Lockheed Martin…
Lockheed Martin Finalizes Full-Scale Cislunar Habitat Prototype
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 14, 2019 — For long-duration, deep space missions, astronauts will need a highly efficient and reconfigurable space, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:…
Gateway to the moon
The International Space Station partners have endorsed plans to continue the development of the Gateway, an outpost around the Moon that will act as a…
CREW DRAGON SPLASHES DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on March 8 at 5:45 a.m. PST, completing the spacecraft’s first mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX debuts new crew capsule in crucial test flight
(AP) — SpaceX closes in on human spaceflight with this weekend’s debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts. The six-day test flight will be…
Branson’s Virgin Galactic takes another step toward space tourism
MOJAVE, Calif. (Reuters) – A Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Friday soared to the edge of space with a test passenger for the first time,…