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Space News June 20, 2016

New record and successful launch for Ariane 5

Ariane 5 launched two telecommunication satellites weighing a total of 10.730 tonnes into space from the European spaceport in Kourou, a new record for the European…

General Aviation News, Space News June 16, 2016

NASA’s ‘Warp Drive’ Could Really Work, New Study Suggests

Last year, NASA investigated a technology often described as a ‘warp drive’ – and when one of its scientists posted, ‘the anomalous thrust signals remain,’…

Military Aviation News, Space News June 14, 2016

Ready to Go: Lockheed Martin-Built MUOS-5 Secure Communications Satellite Encapsulated for June 24 Launch

The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for the U.S. Navy was encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing…

Space News June 9, 2016

Boeing Awards $200 million in Space Contracts to Small Businesses

Supplier partners will provide products and services to the International Space Station HOUSTON, June 9, 2016 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has awarded $200 million in…

Space News June 7, 2016

Lisa Pathfinder exceeds expectations

ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory. Results from only two months of science operations show…

Space News May 29, 2016

BEAM Fully Expanded and Pressurized

Pressurization of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) began at 4:34 p.m. EDT, and the eight tanks filled with air completed full pressurization of the…

Space News May 24, 2016

ESA: 14 Galileo satellites now in orbit

Named for the astronomer who pinpointed Earth’s true position in the Solar System, the Galileo satellite navigation system that will help Europe find its way…

Space News May 23, 2016

Lockheed Martin Delivers NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft to Launch Site

DENVER, May 23, 2016 – NASA’s asteroid sampling spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, took an across-country journey of about 1,600 miles before it launches on its 509 million…

General Aviation News, Space News May 20, 2016

The Sentinel-1A radar satellite has detected a potential oil slick of EgyptAir flight MS804

The Sentinel-1A radar satellite has detected a potential oil slick in the eastern Mediterranean Sea – in the same area where EgyptAir flight MS804 disappeared…

Military Aviation News, Space News May 19, 2016

Lockheed Martin to Demonstrate Future Evolution of its Flexible GPS III Satellite Design for the U.S. Air Force

DENVER, May 19, 2016 – In the future, when mission needs change for the Global Positioning System (GPS), the U.S. Air Force will be able…

Space News May 19, 2016

Airbus Defence and Space starts Orion service module assembly

During Exploration Mission-1, Orion will fly more than 64,000 km beyond the Moon Service module provides power and propulsion for Orion and life support systems…

Military Aviation News, Space News May 11, 2016

US Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman GPS III Space Vehicle Alternatives Program Study Contract

The Air Force’s 26-month contract aims to improve GPS resiliency and affordability The United States Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a 26-month…

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