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Space News October 10, 2012

SPACEX DRAGON SUCCESSFULLY ATTACHES TO SPACE STATION

For the second time this year, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is at the International Space Station. Expedition 33 crew members Akihiko Hoshide and Sunita Williams…

Space News October 8, 2012

SPACEX LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on the first official cargo resupply mission to the International…

Space News October 8, 2012

The Spaceship Company

Virgin Galactic acquires full ownership of The Spaceship Company Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, today announced that it has taken 100% ownership of…

Space News October 4, 2012

Boeing Modernizes GPS Network with 3rd GPS IIF Satellite

– SVN-65 sends 1st signals following launch on Delta IV rocket – Addition to GPS constellation will provide more accurate navigation for military and civilians…

Space News October 3, 2012

Third ATV mission “Edoardo Amaldi” successfully completed

Nine reboost manoeuvres put ISS back on course Astrium already working on next ATV mission Study: ATV technologies for new space vehicles Successful end to…

Space News October 3, 2012

3rd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Ready for Oct. 4 Launch

The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force is ready to make the GPS system…

Space News September 28, 2012

NASA Orion Splashdown Tests Ensure Safe Landings For Astronauts

HAMPTON, Va. — The 18,000-pound test article that mimics the size and weight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft crew module recently completed a final series of…

Space News September 25, 2012

GRASSHOPPER TAKES ITS FIRST HOP

On Friday, September 21, SpaceX’s Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) took its first test flight hop from the company’s rocket testing facility…

Space News September 25, 2012

ATV-3 set for overnight undocking

ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi is set to undock from the International Space Station tonight at 22:35 GMT (00:35 CEST). Mission controllers will steer…

Space News September 22, 2012

Last landing Space Shuttle Endeavour

The space shuttle Endeavour, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, lands at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Los Angeles…

Space News September 20, 2012

Lockheed Martin Marks Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 50th Anniversary

SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 20, 2012 – Fifty years ago, a small weather satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. It was the…

Space News September 18, 2012

Shuttle Endeavour Ferry Flight Rescheduled to Sept. 19

WASHINGTON — NASA’s ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19 due to an…

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