NanoRacks & Boeing, Create First Commercial Airlock
Boeing and NanoRacks LLC will partner to develop the first privately funded commercial airlock, enabling the United States to potentially triple the number of small…
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Boeing Reports Fourth-Quarter Results and Provides 2017 Guidance
Fourth-Quarter 2016 Operating cash flow of $2.8 billion driven by solid operating performance GAAP EPS of $2.59 and core EPS (non-GAAP)* of $2.47 on solid…
Hispasat 36W-1 satellite carries ground-breaking Airbus technology
Ku band active antenna is a first for European commercial telecommunications Satellite can be reconfigured in-orbit, giving operator greater flexibility Hispasat 36W-1 (AG-1) will be…
Second ABS All-Electric Propulsion Satellite from Boeing’s enters Service
A Boeing satellite built for ABS entered into commercial service, providing enhanced satellite services including direct-to-home television services on Jan. 21 to customers in Africa,…
Lockheed Martin starts building Dark Energy hunter
Lockheed Martin is helping NASA begin the hunt for dark energy, a mysterious force powering the universe’s accelerating expansion. An instrument assembly the company is…
Astronaut and last Moonwalker Gene Cernan dies
Former U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan, who became the last astronaut to walk on the moon in an experience that he said made him one with…
The Lockheed MartinSBIRS missile warning satellite in its protective launch vehicle for launch
The U.S. Air Force’s next Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, was encapsulated on Jan. 7 at…
FAA cleared SpaceX to resume launches
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company has been cleared to resume flying following a launch pad explosion four months ago, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said…
Lockheed Martin to Build NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft, a Mission to Trojan Asteroids
NASA’s Newest Discovery Mission to Study Asteroids Orbiting with Jupiter DENVER, Jan. 5, 2017 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been selected to design, build and…
NASA Selects Two Missions to Explore the Early Solar System
NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar…
NASA Selects Mission to Study Black Holes, Cosmic X-ray Mysteries
NASA has selected a science mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most extreme…
VSS Unity makes first free flight
The new spaceship, VSS Unity, has successfully completed its first free flight! Today’s important test flight marks the first time that a vehicle built by…