Space News

Space News April 3, 2014

NASA Severs Ties with Russia, Except for ISS

WASHINGTON, April 3 (RIA Novosti) – The US space agency NASA officially announced it has suspended some space-related contacts with Russia amid tensions over Ukraine,…

Space News March 31, 2014

Thales Alenia Space-built Sentinel-1A, the first satellite in Europe’s Copernicus program, ready for launch

The European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1A satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, is ready to be launched from the Guiana Space Center in French…

Space News March 28, 2014

Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Delivers New Crew to Space Station

KOROLYOV, Moscow Region, March 28 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian Soyuz spacecraft automatically docked with the International Space Station after a two-day delay early Friday…

Space News March 26, 2014

Finalists Announced For Orion’s Exploration Design Challenge

Winning Radiation Experiment to Fly on Exploration Flight Test-1 Evaluators from Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) have selected…

Space News March 24, 2014

Boeing on Schedule to Deliver World’s 1st All-Electric Satellites

Primary structures completed for two Boeing 702SP spacecraft for ABS and Eutelsat EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 24, 2014 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] is on track…

Military Aviation News, Space News March 20, 2014

Lockheed Martin-Built Weather Satellite Encapsulated For Upcoming Launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., March 20, 2014 – A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been encapsulated…

Space News March 18, 2014

NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon’s north polar region. The six-and-a-half feet…

Space News March 17, 2014

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station in 2016

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to a long-duration mission on the International Space Station, it was announced today. The assignment of the French-born…

Space News March 12, 2014

UPCOMING MISSION: FALCON 9 AND DRAGON LAUNCHING TO SPACE STATION

Early in the morning on Sunday March 16, SpaceX is set to launch its third Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station….

General Aviation News, Space News March 12, 2014

ESA to certify first Galileo position fixes worldwide

To mark the first anniversary of Galileo’s historic first satnav positioning measurement, ESA plans to award certificates to groups who picked up signals from the…

Space News March 11, 2014

1st Boeing Built Inmarsat-5 Satellite Successfully Completes On-Orbit Testing

Satellite handed over for high-speed broadband service EL SEGUNDO Calif., March 11, 2014 — Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] first of four satellites for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress…

Space News March 5, 2014

NASA Coverage Set for March 16 SpaceX Mission to Space Station

The next SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Sunday, March 16, from Space…

« 1 … 70 71 72 73 74 … 124 »