NASA Shuttle Endeavour At Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits…
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SPACEX EXPANDING TEXAS OPERATIONS
New Lease Gives Company Space to Grow in McGregor McGregor, TX– Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the City of McGregor today signed a lease agreement…
Space Shuttle Discovery Returns Home After Final Mission
Space shuttle Discovery and its six-astronaut crew ended a 13-day journey of more than five million miles and concluded the spacecraft’s illustrious 27-year career with…
2nd Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B Begins Flight
Boeing [NYSE: BA]Â announced Saturday the successful launch of the second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office…
NASA Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA…
China to launch first space lab by 2016
 A Chinese senior space technology expert said Thursday that China is expected to launch its first space laboratory before 2016. “With the technological program ready,…
Virgin Galactic to Fly Scientists to Space
Virgin Galactic Announces World’s First Commercial Contracts to Send Researchers to Space Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, LLC, the world’s first commercial spaceline, announced today…
NASA’s Glory Satellite Scheduled for Launch on March 4
NASA’s Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to…
Boeing Recognized for Mercury Spacecraft by Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Boeing [NYSE: BA] today received an IEEE Milestone award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in recognition…
Discovery Crew Checks Thermal Protection System and Spacesuits
The crew of space shuttle Discovery awoke at 6:54 a.m. EST to the song “Through Heaven’s Eyes†by Brian Stokes Mitchell from the Prince of…
Discovery in Orbit
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:03:52 PM UTC+0100 Space shuttle Discovery has reached orbit and is on its way to the International Space Station. “Good to…
Discovery Countdown Enters Last PLanned Hold
At T-9 minutes and counting, space shuttle Discovery is moving toward an on-time liftoff at 4:50 p.m. EST. During the hold, a series of polls…
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