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Space News November 19, 2012

Polish flag raised at ESA

The Council meeting at Ministerial level this week sees the Polish flag flying for the first time alongside those of ESA’s other Member States after…

Space News November 13, 2012

Sir Richard Branson visits Virgin Galactic employees in Mojave, CA

And applauds unique achievements and re-names spaceship manufacturing company Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, today dropped into his Mojave, Calif.-based Virgin Galactic…

Space News November 9, 2012

New Space Sensor as a Hosted Payload to Track Air Pollution Across North America

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected a proposal from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to build the first space-based instrument to monitor major air…

Space News November 2, 2012

Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Fix Space Station Cooling System

A US-Japanese team has returned to the to the Quest airlock module of the International Space Station (ISS) late on Thursday after completing a spacewalk…

Space News October 29, 2012

Dragon Spacecraft Returns to Earth in First Official Cargo Resupply Mission to Space Station

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station, safely splashing down approximately 250 miles off the coast of southern California. “This historic…

Space News October 25, 2012

Soyuz with New Crew Docks at Space Station

A Russian Soyuz TMA-06M spaceship with the new crew of the International Space Station (ISS), which took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday, docked with…

Space News October 25, 2012

U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Initial Contract for Next Set of Missile Warning Satellites

SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 25, 2012 – The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] an $82 million contract to begin initial work on…

Space News October 19, 2012

ESA Science Programme’s new small satellite will study super-Earths

Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced today. Its launch is expected in…

Space News October 16, 2012

Boeing, Air Force Research Laboratory Sodium Guide Star Laser Enhancing Space Situational Awareness Mission

Improving capability to capture images of objects in Earth orbit KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 16, 2012 — A sodium guide star laser built…

Space News October 15, 2012

Galileo IOV satellites 3 and 4 now fully deployed into orbit

The second pair of Galileo IOV (In-Orbit Validation) satellites, designed and developed by Astrium, are now fully deployed in orbit Astrium is the main industrial…

General Aviation News, Space News October 11, 2012

World Space Week – bringing security back down to earth

‘Space for Human Security and Safety’: this year’s World Space Week topic is a familiar one for Air Traffic Control (ATC) professionals. What happens in…

Space News October 10, 2012

Boeing to Build 702HP Communications Satellite for SES

Boeing has been selected by SES S.A. [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG] to provide a new satellite that will expand direct-to-home broadcasting and…

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