Final Space Shuttle Flight July 8 2011
WASHINGTON — NASA’s final space shuttle flight is targeted to launch July 8 at about 11:40 a.m. EDT from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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AMS: ready to discover the particle universe
The largest and most complex scientific instrument yet to be fitted to the International Space Station was installed today. Taken into space by the Space…
Endeavour docks with Space Station
Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station today at 12:14 CEST (10:14 GMT) after chasing it in space following a textbook launch on…
NASA’s Shuttle Endeavour Heads To Space Station On Its Final Mission
Space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
Mars Science Laboratory Aeroshell Delivered To Launch Site
Lockheed Martin-Built Capsule Will Protect NASA’s Curiosity Rover DENVER, May 13th, 2011 — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) aeroshell and cruise stage were delivered to…
NASA Dawn Spacecraft Captures First Image Of Nearing Asteroid
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn expects to achieve…
Europe’s first EGNOS airport to guide down giant Beluga aircraft
Pau Pyrénées in southern France has become Europe’s first airport to use the new EGNOS Safety-of-Life Service, to guide aircraft in for landing using only…
NASA Sets May 16 For Final Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch
NASA managers have set the liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour for 8:56 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 16. Launch attempts are available through May 26,…
50th anniversary of United States human spaceflight
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement Thursday, May 5, about the 50th anniversary of United States human spaceflight: “50 years ago…
SpaceShipTwo’s First “Feathered” Flight
Marks Latest Milestone for Virgin Galactic. Early on Wednesday 4th May 2011, in the skies above Mojave Air and Spaceport CA, SpaceShipTwo, the world’s first…
U.S. Air Force Poised To Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Space Based Infrared System Satellite
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE : LMT] are ready to launch the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft on…
First Soyuz almost ready for launch from French Guiana
The final countdown before its maiden flight later this year has begun for Soyuz with a simulated launch campaign at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana….
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