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…
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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…
SpaceX Completes Key Milestone to Fly Astronauts to International Space Station
Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced it has successfully completed the preliminary design review of its revolutionary launch abort system, a system designed for manned…
Soyuz – Galileo IOV launch delayed
Following an anomaly detected during fueling of the Soyuz launcher’s third stage, the final countdown has been interrupted. Soyuz and its two Galileo IOV satellites,…
Watch online: Soyuz – Galileo IOV launch
Soyuz VS01, the first Soyuz flight from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, was transferred to the launch zone on 14 October 2011. The vehicle was…
Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez dedicate the ‘Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space’
WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo soar over Spaceport America New Science and Education Customers to Bring Benefits of Space Access to Students and Researchers. Looking skyward, more…
Virgin Galactic signs deal with NASA for Research Missions on SpaceShipTwo
Space Agency places order to carry technology payloads to space Another exciting piece of news in the run up to our New Mexico Spaceport event…
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope Marks Program Milestone With Completion of Giant Flight Sunshield Alignment Table
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 2,000-pound platform that engineers will use to precisely align the Webb telescope’s enormous five-layer sunshield…
NASA, NRO, USAF Establish Strategy for Certifying New Expendable Launch Vehicles
WASHINGTON — NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of…
Virgin Galactic Appoints Former NASA Executive as Vice President of Operations
Virgin Galactic is pleased to announce the appointment of former NASA executive Michael P. Moses as the Vice President of Operations. Just days prior to…
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