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…
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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…
Atlantis Lifts Off On Last Shuttle Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from…
Eye of Gaia: billion-pixel camera to map Milky Way
The largest digital camera ever built for a space mission has been painstakingly mosaicked together from 106 separate electronic detectors. The resulting “billion-pixel array†will…
Boeing Prepares Space Shuttle Atlantis for Final Mission
Dedicated workforce has supported shuttle program since 1972 Mission STS-135 will deliver critical supplies to International Space Station Boeing engineers and technicians are preparing Space…
NASA’S Hubble Makes One Millionth Science Observation
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one…
Progress M-11M space freighter brings ISS to higher level
Russia’s Progress M-11M space freighter on Friday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station by 3.5 km, a spokesman for Russia’s Mission Control said….
Lockheed Martin-Built Communications Satellite Ready For Launch For Japanese Customers
The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT…
Five leading European aerospace companies are founding “BoostAeroSpaceâ€
Digital platform for Europe’s aerospace industry Competitiveness and innovation through digital integration of supply chain Five leading European aerospace and defence companies, EADS/Airbus, Dassault Aviation,…
NASA Sets Launch Date For Final Space Shuttle Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis’ Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are scheduled to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch…
Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus’ water plumes
The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission has directly sampled the water plumes jetting into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The findings from these fly-throughs are the strongest…
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