Take off for Captain Dave Mackay
Future Spaceship Pilot takes his Inaugural Flight at the controls of VMS Eve To date, all test flights of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo have been piloted…
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China delays Tiangong-1 launch
BEIJING – Chinese scientists have decided to reschedule the launch of the Tiangong-1, an unmanned space module, due to the failed launch of an experimental…
Astronauts might have to abandon space station
Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week’s Russian launch accident prevents new crews from…
2nd Boeing-built GPS IIF Satellite Enters Service with US Air Force
Boeing today announced that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has achieved operational acceptance and…
Space Station Commercial Cargo Carrier Arriving At NASA Wallops
WASHINGTON — NASA’s partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Station reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for…
Chinese orbiter fails to enter orbit
China’s experimental satellite, which was launched by the Long March II-C rocket Thursday, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a rocket malfunction. The…
F9/DRAGON: PREPARING FOR ISS
Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for our next flight – a mission designed to demonstrate that a privately-developed…
China successfully launches maritime satellite
China successfully launched a maritime satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time. The orbiter, Haiyang-2,…
Astrium ships ATV “Edoardo Amaldiâ€
Third ATV en route to Kourou “Edoardo Amaldi†scheduled to fly to the ISS in the spring of 2012 ATV plays an indispensable role in…
NASA selects Virgin Galactic for Suborbital Flights
US Space Agency will fly technology payloads to space onboard Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft. Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, owned by Sir Richard Branson’s…
1st Boeing 702MP Satellite on Track for 2012 Launch Following Key Test
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that its Space & Intelligence Systems division has completed a key compatibility test…
Ariane 5’s fourth launch of 2011
Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-1N and…
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