Grasshopper Completes Highest Leap to Date
SpaceX On Thursday, March 7, 2013, SpaceX’s Grasshopper doubled its highest leap to date to rise 24 stories or 80.1 meters (262.8 feet), hovering for…
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MEXSAT Bicentenario Satellite Completes On-orbit Testing
Spacecraft built by Boeing subcontractor Orbital Sciences Corporation is 1st of 3 satellites EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 5, 2013 — The MEXSAT Bicentenario satellite, built…
SPACEX ACHIEVES FIFTH CONSECUTIVE FALCON 9 LAUNCH DURING SECOND OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION
Dragon spacecraft heads toward International Space Station Hawthorne, Calif. – Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to…
Canadian Asteroid-Hunting Satellite Launched into Space
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on Monday launched a suitcase sized satellite into space aboard an Indian rocket that will search for large asteroids that…
Russian Progress Freighter Resets Space Station Orbit
MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti) – The engines of a Russian Progress M-17M space freighter were fired on Friday to readjust the orbit of the…
India to launch Mars mission this year
NEW DELHI India will launch its first space mission to Mars this year, President PranabMukherjee said on Thursday. “Several space missions are planned for 2013,…
NASA Set for New Round Of J-2X Testing at Stennis Space Center
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s progress toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation…
Russia Orbits Progress Space Freighter
MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – A Progress M-18M cargo spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur site in Kazakhstan and put into orbit on Monday,…
Russian President Putin Awards European Astronauts
MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to award European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands)…
Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly, Begins Environmental Testing of NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft
DENVER, Feb. 8, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed the assembly of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. The orbiter is…
Arianespace Orbits Azerbaijani, Spanish Satellites
MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti) – Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites from French Guiana, the French space transportation company has reported. The Ariane…
Lockheed Martin Completes Major GPS III Flight Software Milestone
Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Position System III satellites has completed a key flight software milestone…
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