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Space News June 26, 2012

Lockheed Martin Commercial GEO Satellites Surpass 1,000 Years in Orbit

NEWTOWN, Pa., June 26, 2012 – The Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite fleet has achieved a significant milestone by accumulating 1,000 years…

Space News June 25, 2012

Astrium contracts DLR for major parts of the EDRS ground network

•DLR will implement and operate four EDRS ground stations as well as the control centre for the satellite and payload •Astrium Services advances implementation of…

Space News June 24, 2012

China’s first manual space docking successful

Three Chinese astronauts Sunday successfully completed a manual docking between the Shenzhou IX spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module, the first such attempt in…

Military Aviation News, Space News June 19, 2012

US Air Force X-37B space vehicle comes in for a landing

18/6/2012 – WASHNGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force’s unmanned, reusable space plane landed in the early morning of June 16 at Vandenberg Air Force Base,…

Military Aviation News, Space News June 18, 2012

Boeing Completes 5th GPS IIF Satellite for US Air Force

Spacecraft on standby for launch New capabilities critical to sustaining GPS constellation The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS)…

Space News June 18, 2012

China first manned space docking succeeds

The first manned space docking of China succeeded Monday afternoon with the coupling of the Shenzhou IX spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module, the Beijing Aerospace…

Space News June 16, 2012

Shenzhou-9 launch successful, first Chinese woman in space

Atop an upgraded Long March 2F carrier rocket, blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China at 6:37 pm Saturday. A see-off…

Space News June 15, 2012

China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday

China will launch the Shenzhou IX manned spacecraft at 6:37 pm Saturday and send the country’s first female astronaut into space, a spokeswoman said Friday. …

Space News June 14, 2012

U.S. secret space plane X-37B may end mission soon

After spending more than a year orbiting Earth on a mystery mission, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane is due to return to Earth…

Space News June 14, 2012

NASA NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT)…

Space News June 13, 2012

Shenzhou-9 enters final pre-launch phase

The Shenzhou-9 went into the final phase of pre-launch preparations on Wednesday ahead of China’s first manned space docking mission, as its carrier rocket…

Space News June 11, 2012

NASA Mars Rover Team Aims for Landing Closer to Prime Science Site

WASHINGTON — NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August. The car-sized…

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