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Space News December 23, 2015

SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off, booster lands safely

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Florida before the reusable main-stage booster turns around, soars back to Cape Canaveral and lands safely near…

Space News December 23, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space in association with Thales Alenia Space, to build next-generation French military communications satellite

The French Ministry of Defence has selected Airbus Defence and Space for one of two telecommunications satellites for the future COMSAT NG system The satellite…

Space News December 19, 2015

Boeing Awarded Its Second Commercial Human Spaceflight Mission

For the second time in seven months, NASA awards a mission to Boeing to transport crew to the International Space Station. NASA today awarded a…

Space News December 17, 2015

Next Stop: Mars – Lockheed Martin Delivers NASA’s InSight Spacecraft to Launch Site

Next Mission to Mars Working Toward a March Launch DENVER, Dec. 17, 2015 – NASA’s latest mission to Mars took its next step on its…

Space News December 15, 2015

The “Radar Vision” Goes On – Two More Sentinel-1 Satellites

Airbus Defence and Space signs €143M contract with Thales Alenia Space New Sentinel instruments ensure services for Copernicus beyond 2029 Airbus Defence and Space, the…

Space News December 9, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space signs €350M contract to develop and build JUICE spacecraft, ESA’s next life-tracker inside the Solar System

JUICE spacecraft will study Jupiter and its icy moons As prime contractor, Airbus Defence and Space will employ 150 people and lead a consortium of…

Space News December 7, 2015

Next Generation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites will see the World in Colour

Major agreement achieved for the next X-band satellite missions during the World Radiocommunication Conference New services in SAR-based Earth Observation will benefit from a new…

Space News December 3, 2015

U.S. Navy Accepts Fourth Lockheed Martin-Built MUOS Satellite for Secure Communications Network

MUOS-4 Completes Near-Global Network Coverage SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 2015 – Following the completion of successful on-orbit testing, on Nov. 30, the U.S. Navy accepted…

Space News December 3, 2015

LISA Pathfinder blazes a trail en route to L1

LISA Pathfinder was successfully launched this morning from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana Airbus Defence and Space built space science spacecraft begins its eight-week…

Space News November 30, 2015

LISA Pathfinder ready for launch from Kourou

LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, is being readied by engineers from Airbus Defence and Space, the world´s second largest space…

Space News November 25, 2015

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Receives First Mirror Installation

NASA has successfully installed the first of 18 flight mirrors onto the James Webb Space Telescope, beginning a critical piece of the observatory’s construction. In…

Space News November 4, 2015

Be an Astronaut: NASA Seeks Explorers for Future Space Missions

In anticipation of returning human spaceflight launches to American soil, and in preparation for the agency’s journey to Mars, NASA announced it will soon begin…

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