Boeing Awarded First Commercial Human Spaceflight Mission
NASA authorizes post certification mission under Commercial Crew contract HOUSTON, May 28, 2015 – NASA issued a task order as part of Boeing’s [NYSE: BA]…
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ESA and Airbus Defence and Space sign contract for new Copernicus Earth observation mission
At the 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment in Berlin, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second…
European space agencies inaugurate altered-gravity aircraft
France’s space agency CNES and the German aerospace centre DLR inaugurated the Airbus A310 ZERO-G refitted for altered gravity by running 12 scientific experiments…
Mojave Update: SpaceShipTwo Construction
This weekend marked the six month anniversary of the tragic loss of Michael Alsbury during the VSS Enterprise‘s 55th test flight. Over those six months, we’ve…
5 Things to Know About SpaceX’s Pad Abort Test
Crew Dragon’s first critical flight test, known as a Pad Abort Test, is expected to take place this Wednesday, May 6, from SpaceX’s Space…
Zero-G A310
The refitted Airbus A310 aircraft is on the runway and ready for its first flight for weightless research next week. Although the aircraft can…
Ariane 5’s first launch of 2015
An Ariane 5 has lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits. Launch of flight…
NASA Extends Lockheed Martin Contract to Prepare Critical Cargo for the International Space Station
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6, 2015 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will plan, process and pack a steady supply of cargo for the International Space Station…
ESA’s planetary defence test set for 2020
If an asteroid were spotted headed towards Earth, what could humanity do about it? ESA’s latest mission is part of a larger international effort…
Ninth Boeing GPS IIF Reaches Orbit, Sends First Signals
Launch is first of three planned in 2015 Boeing Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites are steadily replenishing the orbiting constellation, continuing to improve reliability…
Lockheed Martin Solution For NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services Designed For Reliable Space Cargo Delivery
Proposal Resupplies International Space Station and Supports Deep Space Exploration The technologies behind Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE:LMT] proposal for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2)…
US Military Satellite Explodes, Sending Chunks of Debris Into Orbit
After detecting what has been described as a “sudden spike in temperature,” a 20-year-old weather satellite used by the US military exploded, sending dozens of…
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