Russian spacecraft turned space junk to crash soon
AP Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn contributed from Cape Canaveral, Fla. A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation’s faded space glory in a mission to…
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U.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Lockheed Martin for GPS III Launch and Checkout Capability
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and…
Boeing Begins NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Study
The Boeing Company has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000…
Overview of ESA activities in 2012
First launch of Vega Europe’s family of launchers will welcome its smallest member, Vega. Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana) Date: 9 February BepiColombo presentation…
Lockheed Martin and NASA Place Two Grail Spacecraft Into Orbit Around the Moon
DENVER, January 1st, 2012 — Both of NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were successfully inserted into orbit around the Earth’s moon. The…
China announces launch of Shenzhou-8 successful, prepares for first docking
CMSE News, November 1, Beijing, Chang Wanquan, the Chief Commander of China Manned Space Engineering Project, Commanding Officer of Tiangong 1/Shenzhou 8 Rendezvous and Docking…
Boeing leasing shuttle hangar to build new capsule
Boeing is taking over one of NASA’s old space shuttle hangars to build a new capsule that the company hopes will lift astronauts to orbit…
China to launch Shenzhou VIII early Tuesday
China will launch its unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII early Tuesday for the country’s first space docking, a major step closer to the goal of building…
NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite
WASHINGTON — NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite soared into space early today aboard a Delta II rocket after liftoff at 5:48 a.m. EDT from Space Launch…
Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition
Fifty years ago, an historic competition for the first pilots to fly into space yielded the Mercury Seven astronauts. Today, from an intense selection process…
Astrium successfully delivers Arabsat-5C satellite in orbit
The Arabsat-5C satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space has been handed over to ARABSAT as part of the in-orbit delivery contract Arabsat-5C is…
Russian carrier rocket launched from Kourou, carrying two Galileo navigation system satellites
A Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket was launched on Friday for the first time from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana. The rocket is carrying…
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