China to launch manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft
BEIJING – China will launch the manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft between June and August this year and achieve space rendezvous and docking mission with the orbiting…
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Fifth ATV named after Georges Lemaître
ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATVs) are an essential contribution by Europe to running the International Space Station. Naming the fifth after Belgian scientist Georges Lemaître…
ESA’s new Vega launcher scores success on maiden flight
ESA’s new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe’s Spaceport…
SPACEX TO LAUNCH ASIASAT 6 AND ASIASAT 8 IN 2014
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the world’s fastest growing space launch company, and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), the leading regional satellite operator in Asia,…
Europe’s ATV space ferry set for launch to Space Station
Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March…
ESA’s Mars Express radar gives strong evidence for former Mars ocean
ESA’s Mars Express radar gives strong evidence for former Mars ocean ESA’s Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of…
Heavy Ions Killed Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt
Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday. The investigation found no…
Iran sends new satellite into orbit
TEHRAN – Iran on Friday successfully launched an observation satellite into orbit under a presidential decree, said the country’s Press TV. The spacecraft, named Navid…
SPACEX TEST FIRES ADVANCED NEW ENGINE
New Video Shows SuperDraco Engine in Action Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully test fired SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will…
Launch of Space Station Crew Faces Delay, by air leak in the capsule.
The launch of a Soyuz capsule carrying the new International Space Station (ISS) crew may be postponed over faults in the capsule’s assembly. The three…
Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires
HOUSTON — Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three…
Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using ‘Pulse’ Manufacturing Line
Pulse line fosters more efficient manufacturing and reduced costs GPS IIF system being built on a faster schedule EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 24, 2012…
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