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…
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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…
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Arm-Work Phase
PASADENA, Calif. — After driving more than a football field’s length since landing, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use…
Metop-B weather satellite is ready for launch
06 September 2012 The European weather satellite built by Astrium has passed its final checks at the Baikonur cosmodrome Metop-B demonstrates Astrium’s expertise for instruments…
Boeing 702MP Selected for 1st Intelsat EpicNG Satellite
Intelsat 29e, 1st of the Intelsat EpicNG satellites, scheduled for launch in 2015 EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 4, 2012 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] 702MP…
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