Space Station Trio Lands Safely In Kazakhstan
HOUSTON — Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a…
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ESA contracts Astrium UK to build Solar Orbiter
ESA has awarded the contract to build its next-generation Sun explorer to Astrium UK. Solar Orbiter will investigate how the Sun creates and controls the…
Boeing, NASA Sign Agreement on Mission Support for CST-100
Boeing has signed an agreement with NASA’s Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) at Johnson Space Center to collaborate on mission planning, training and flight operations for…
United Arab Emirates’ second communications satellite ready to launch
Y1B, the second communications satellite for Yahsat, will be orbited by a Proton launcher from Baikonur on 24 April 2012 Y1B will complete the UAE’s…
Designing the interplanetary web
Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in…
Lockheed Martin Delivers Two Commercial Communications Satellites For Upcoming Historic Launch
Lockheed Martin has delivered its 100th and 101stcommercial geostationary communications satellites in preparation for the first dual launch of satellites built by Lockheed Martin aboard…
4th Boeing-built WGS Satellite Accepted by US Air Force
Boeing announced today that the U.S. Air Force accepted control of the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on April 11, after the…
Astrium awarded European Space Agency (ESA) contract to continue development of the Ariane 5 ME
Worth €112 million, this contract will enable the design of the Ariane 5 ME’s new sub-systems Ariane 5 ME will decrease by 20% costs per…
Boeing Successfully Completes Parachute Drop Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft
Boeing successfully completed a parachute drop test of the company’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft today at the Delmar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev….
U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin Complete Final System Tests For Critical Missile Warning Satellite
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed a major milestone for the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The…
Europe’s third cargo vehicle docks with the Space Station
ESA’s ATV Edoardo Amaldi has completed the first stage of its docking with the Russian Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The docking occurred…
Soviet Weather Satellite to Fall to Earth
Meteor-1, the Soviet Union’s first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the…
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