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Space News February 21, 2013

India to launch Mars mission this year

NEW DELHI India will launch its first space mission to Mars this year, President PranabMukherjee said on Thursday. “Several space missions are planned for 2013,…

Space News February 12, 2013

NASA Set for New Round Of J-2X Testing at Stennis Space Center

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s progress toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation…

Space News February 11, 2013

Russia Orbits Progress Space Freighter

MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – A Progress M-18M cargo spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur site in Kazakhstan and put into orbit on Monday,…

Space News February 11, 2013

Russian President Putin Awards European Astronauts

MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to award European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands)…

Space News February 8, 2013

Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly, Begins Environmental Testing of NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft

DENVER, Feb. 8, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed the assembly of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. The orbiter is…

Space News February 8, 2013

Arianespace Orbits Azerbaijani, Spanish Satellites

MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti) – Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites from French Guiana, the French space transportation company has reported. The Ariane…

Space News February 6, 2013

Lockheed Martin Completes Major GPS III Flight Software Milestone

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Position System III satellites has completed a key flight software milestone…

Space News February 1, 2013

Russia fails in launching US satellite

MOSCOW – A Russian Zenit-3SL carrying rocket failed to send an US telecommunications satellite into space and fell down into the Pacific Ocean on Friday,…

Space News January 31, 2013

Boeing TDRS-K Relay Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space

Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-K, demonstrating that the vehicle is functioning and ready to use…

Space News January 30, 2013

Astrium wins ESA contracts to design Ariane 6 and continue development of Ariane 5 ME

EADS The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed prime contractor agreements worth €108 million with Astrium These contracts enable the start of the Ariane 6…

Space News January 29, 2013

SPACECOM AND SPACEX ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT FOR AMOS-6 SATELLITE LAUNCH

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) announced an agreement to launch Spacecom’s AMOS-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Falcon…

Space News January 16, 2013

ESA workhorse to power NASA?s Orion spacecraft

ESA agreed with NASA today to contribute a driving force to the Orion spacecraft planned for launch in 2017. Ultimately, Orion will carry astronauts further…

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