James Webb Space Telescope Passes a Mission Milestone
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 — a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope’s…
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ESA’s ‘sleeping beauty’ wakes up from deep space hibernation
It was a fairy-tale ending to a tense chapter in the story of the Rosetta space mission this evening as ESA heard from its distant…
Turkish Telecoms Satellite to Launch From Baikonur Feb. 15
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) – A Turkish telecommunications satellite will be launched Febuary 15 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M…
Boeing Space Surveillance System Reduces Risk of Satellite Loss by 66 Percent
The Boeing Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has helped the U.S. Air Force cut the danger of satellites being lost by two-thirds in the past…
Kazakhstan Wants Russia to Remain at Baikonur Forever
MOSCOW, January 9 (RIA Novosti) – Kazakhstan wants a permanent Russian presence at the Baikonur space center, the head of its space program said on…
Arianespace targets record year for rocket launches
(AFP) Arianespace, the European satellite launch company, said 2014 would be a record year with the most rocket launches ever despite recent delays. Arianespace…
Russian Anti-Gravity Observation Satellite Delayed Until 2015
MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian satellite to study anti-gravity forces by observing clusters of galaxies has been delayed until 2015 due to…
Lockheed Martin Team Completes First Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) For GOES-R Satellite Series
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 17, 2013 – A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has completed the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will make crucial…
Astrium to build 18 new Ariane 5 ECA launchers for Arianespace
– Astrium CEO Francois Auque and Arianespace Chairman and CEO Stéphane Israël signed a contract for the manufacture of 18 Ariane 5 ECAs in…
Chinese lunar probe Chang’e-3 lands on moon
China’s lunar probe Chang’e-3, with the country’s first moon rover onboard, successfully landed on the moon on Saturday night, marking the first time that China…
Chang’e-3 enters lunar orbit
BEIJING – China’s Chang’e-3 probe entered a circular lunar orbit at 5:53 pm Friday Beijing Time, after about 112 hours on a Earth-Moon transfer orbit,…
Putin Signs Decree to Establish New Space Corporation
MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a decree to establish a state corporation that will…
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