First GPS III satellite successfully launched
The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the first Global Positioning Systems III satellite Dec. 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral…
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Virgin Galactic completes manned space test, more flights soon
MOJAVE, Calif. (Reuters) – A Virgin Galactic rocket plane reached space on Thursday and returned safely to the California desert, capping years of testing to…
First Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite Encapsulated For Dec. 18 Launch
Advanced new satellite design to help the U.S. Air Force modernize the GPS constellation The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built GPS III satellite is…
NASA Astronaut Anne McClain and Crewmates Arrive Aboard Space Station
Three crew members are adjusting to life on the International Space Station after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday….
NASA’s InSight Lands safely on Mars
Mars Landing InSight is set to touch down on Mars at around noon Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern) on Nov. 26, 2018. The lander will plunge…
NASA to review workplace safety culture at SpaceX
(Reuters) – U.S. space agency NASA said on Tuesday it would review the workplace safety culture at SpaceX and Boeing Co, as the two companies…
MetOp-C weather satellite successfully launched
Airbus-built weather satellite joins EUMETSAT´s polar orbiting fleet Three operating MetOps to further improve weather forecasting Kourou, 07 November 2018 – MetOp-C is in orbit:…
Airbus delivers first European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Europe is providing propulsion and life support systems for missions that will take astronauts beyond the Moon Airbus is leading the European project team on…
Goodbye Europe hello Moon European Module ships soon
The European Service Module that will power and propel the Orion spacecraft on its first mission around the Moon will ship early next week from…
Soyuz MS-10 Emergency Lands in Kazakhstan, crew survives
A Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft atop a Soyuz FG rocket manned by a team of two cosmonauts was set to deliver a team to the International…
SAOCOM 1A MISSION
On Sunday, October 7 at 7:21 p.m. PDT, SpaceX successfully launched the SAOCOM 1A satellite from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force…
Lockheed Martin Reveals New Human Lunar Lander Concept
Reusable lander could take astronauts from the lunar Gateway to the surface of the Moon and advance technology needed to explore Mars DENVER, Oct. 3,…