Third ATV mission “Edoardo Amaldi” successfully completed
Nine reboost manoeuvres put ISS back on course Astrium already working on next ATV mission Study: ATV technologies for new space vehicles Successful end to…
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3rd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Ready for Oct. 4 Launch
The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force is ready to make the GPS system…
NASA Orion Splashdown Tests Ensure Safe Landings For Astronauts
HAMPTON, Va. — The 18,000-pound test article that mimics the size and weight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft crew module recently completed a final series of…
GRASSHOPPER TAKES ITS FIRST HOP
On Friday, September 21, SpaceX’s Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) took its first test flight hop from the company’s rocket testing facility…
ATV-3 set for overnight undocking
ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi is set to undock from the International Space Station tonight at 22:35 GMT (00:35 CEST). Mission controllers will steer…
Last landing Space Shuttle Endeavour
The space shuttle Endeavour, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, lands at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Los Angeles…
Lockheed Martin Marks Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 50th Anniversary
SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 20, 2012 – Fifty years ago, a small weather satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. It was the…
Shuttle Endeavour Ferry Flight Rescheduled to Sept. 19
WASHINGTON — NASA’s ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19 due to an…
Europe’s second polar-orbiting weather satellite is aloft
The second Metop satellite was launched today from the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, atop a Russian Soyuz launcher. Metop-B will ensure the continuity of the…
Boeing Establishes Baseline Configuration of Commercial Crew Transportation System
Integrated Systems Review is 1st performance milestone of CCiCap initiative HOUSTON, Sept. 14, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and NASA recently established the firm baseline…
Lockheed Martin Begins Final Assembly of NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft
DENVER, Sept. 11, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile…
Space Shuttle Endeavour To Make Historic Final Ferry Flight
WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program…
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