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Space News October 23, 2013

Last command sent to ESA’s Planck space telescope

ESA’s Planck space telescope has been turned off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution…

Space News October 22, 2013

Cygnus Spacecraft Heads to Fiery End After Leaving Space Station

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft developed by private US company Orbital Sciences undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday and headed toward Earth, where it…

Space News October 22, 2013

Boeing Finalizes Agreement for Kennedy Space Center Facility

CST-100 spacecraft will be built in former NASA shuttle hangar CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 22, 2013 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has finalized an agreement with…

Space News October 17, 2013

Grasshopper Completes Half-Mile Flight in Last Test

On Monday, October 7th, Grasshopper completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744m altitude, hovering and returning back to the launch pad. The test lasted…

Space News October 17, 2013

Thales Alenia Space wins contract from Italian Space Agency to build Metis instrument for Solar Orbiter

Thales Alenia Space Italy has been awarded a contract by the Italian Space Agency to build the Metis (Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy)…

Space News October 16, 2013

Astrium awarded three new contracts by ESA for Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME launchers

€106 million contract for continued development of the Ariane 5 ME €278 million contract for continued development of elements common to the Ariane 5 ME…

Space News October 14, 2013

Boeing to Build 4th Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress Satellite

1st spacecraft in the series scheduled to launch this year EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2013 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] will further strengthen Inmarsat’s Global…

General Aviation News, Space News October 3, 2013

VIRGIN GALACTIC’S “YOUR FLIGHT DNA” EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER LARGEST NUMBER OF FUTURE ASTRONAUTS TO DATE

Customers from around the world celebrate impending start of commercial operations Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group…

Space News October 3, 2013

European Space Freighter Raises ISS Orbit

MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – Engines of Europe’s ATV space freighter, currently docked with the International Space Station (ISS), were switched on Wednesday evening…

Military Aviation News, Space News October 2, 2013

5th Boeing-Built Wideband Satellite Increases Coverage for Warfighters

US Air Force begins operating WGS-5 after spacecraft completes on-orbit tests The fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite built by Boeing is providing the U.S….

Space News September 30, 2013

U.S. private spacecraft company SpaceX launches upgraded Falcon rocket

U.S. private spacecraft company SpaceX launched its first new version Falcon 9 rockets from California, an ambitious test flight that also marked the company’s first…

Space News September 26, 2013

Success of the 1,810th launch of Soyuz

The 1,810th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Thursday, 26 September 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:58 Moscow time…

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