Russian cosmonauts launch defective satellite from ISS
MOSCOW, Aug. 3 Two Russian cosmonauts manually launched a mini satellite from the International Space Station ( ISS) during a six-hour spacewalk Wednesday, said the…
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Virgin Galactic appoints its first Chief Financial Officer
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS, has appointed Kenneth H. Sunshine as its…
Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water
Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times…
Eutelsat orders new Eutelsat 3B satellite from Astrium
Based on Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform, the satellite will operate across three frequency bands 20th satellite order by Eutelsat from Astrium Eutelsat has selected Astrium,…
New uses for Space Station
For more than a decade, the International Space Station has been a busy orbiting research lab. But it could soon take on a new role…
Enceladus rains water onto Saturn
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has shown that water expelled from the moon Enceladus forms a giant torus of water vapour around Saturn. The discovery solves…
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Bids Farewell to the Space Shuttle Program, Encourages Plan for Future Human Spaceflight
Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at NASA Kennedy Space Center, officially bringing an end to the nation’s space shuttle program and a 30-year legacy of…
Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT
At 5:57 a.m. EDT, space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after 200 orbits around Earth and a journey…
Space shuttle leaves space station for last time
A space shuttle left the International Space Station for the very last time Tuesday, heading home to end the 30-year run of a vessel that…
2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for the U.S. Air…
SPACEX BREAKS GROUND ON LAUNCH SITE FOR FALCON HEAVY
The World’s Most Powerful Rocket Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.– SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) today took another major step toward the first launch of the…
2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Ready for Launch from Cape Canaveral
Boeing announced today that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites it is building for the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing. GPS…
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