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Space News November 21, 2013

Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite Prototype Proves It Can Successfully Communicate With GPS Satellite Constellation

GPS III Backward-Compatible with GPS IIR, IIR-M, and IIF Satellites Currently in Orbit CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Nov. 21, 2013 – The Lockheed Martin…

Military Aviation News, Space News November 21, 2013

Satellites successfully launched From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Albuquerque, N.M. (AFNS) — Satellites from the Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space Office and Space Test Program were successfully launched at…

Space News November 20, 2013

Happy birthday, Space Station

The International Space Station celebrates its birthday today, 15 years after the first module was launched in 1998. The Space Station is the largest cooperative…

Space News November 20, 2013

Arianespace orders ten new Vega launchers from ELV

Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Pierluigi Pirrelli, Chief Executive of ELV (European Launch Vehicle), signed an agreement today, during the 31st French-Italian…

Military Aviation News, Space News November 19, 2013

NASA Tests Space Launch System Autopilot Technology on F/A-18 Jet

An F/A-18 research jet simulated various flight conditions that NASA’s Space Launch System may experience as it makes its way from the launch pad to…

Space News November 19, 2013

NASA Launches Mission to Study Upper Atmosphere of Mars

NASA mission that will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and abundant liquid water launched into space at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday from Cape Canaveral…

Space News November 11, 2013

European GOCE Satellite Enters Earths Atmosphere

The European Space Agency’s 1.1-ton GOCE gravity-mapping satellite reentered the Earth’s atmosphere Sunday night, burning up harmlessly as expected. “ESA’s GOCE satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere…

Space News November 7, 2013

Olympic Torch Arrives at International Space Station

BAIKONUR, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft carrying a three-man crew and a symbolic torch for next year’s Sochi Winter Olympic…

Space News November 5, 2013

India successfully launches maiden Mars mission

India on Tuesday successfully launched its maiden mission to Mars from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, thus scripting history…

Space News October 29, 2013

Prototype Dream Chaser an Commercial Space Plane Damaged in First US Test Flight

WASHINGTON, October 29 – A prototype “space plane” that is being developed to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) sustained damage during…

Space News October 28, 2013

ATV-4 Space Freighter to Undock From ISS

Europe’s ATV-4 space freighter will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday and will enter the Earth’s atmosphere five days later, the European…

Space News October 25, 2013

China launches experimental satellite Shijian-16

China successfully launched its Shijian-16 satellite for space research and experiments Friday, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center said. The satellite was boosted by a Long…

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