Astrium: perfect rendezvous in space for ATV “Johannes Keplerâ€
“Johannes Keplerâ€, built by Astrium, docked automatically with the ISS after travelling more than 4 million kilometres in space in one week ATV-2 becomes an…
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Boeing Forms Commercial Satellite Services Group to Sell Satellite Capacity
Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has established Boeing Commercial Satellite Services to market commercial satellite telecommunications services to the U.S. government and other…
NASA And Partners Name Upcoming Space Station Crew Members
HOUSTON — NASA and its International Space Station partners named crew members for missions aboard the complex that begin in 2013. The crews include NASA…
Europe’s ATV Johannes Kepler supply ship on its way to Space Station
ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, has been launched into its targeted low orbit by an Ariane 5. The unmanned supply ship is planned…
Lockheed Martin Completes Final Installations on First of its Kind Missile Warning Spacecraft
SBIRS GEO-1 Passes Final Factory Confidence Test in Preparation for Launch The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has…
Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Exceeds 10 Years On-Orbit
Next-Generation GPS III Program Advancing Through Production Phase The seventh Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:…
Boeing to Study Commercial Space Capabilities for Military Use
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 10, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $900,000 study contract from the Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Systems Directorate of…
Lockheed Martin Ships Out First Orion Spacecraft
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] Orion team shipped out the first Orion crew module spacecraft structure today from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La….
ATV 2 “Johannes Kepler†is ready for launch
“Johannes Keplerâ€, built by Astrium, is the second unmanned European transport spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS). It is currently in the final pre-launch…
Lockheed Martin Team Completes Goes-R Weather Satellite Preliminary Design Review
The Lockheed Martin team designing NASA and NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series (GOES-R) weather satellite has successfully completed its system Preliminary Design Review, a…
NASA’s Hubble Finds Most Distant Galaxy Candidate Ever Seen in Universe
WASHINGTON — Astronomers have pushed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is likely to be the most distant object ever seen…
Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos
Mars Express has returned images from the Phobos flyby of 9 January 2011. Mars Express passed Mars’ largest moon at a distance of 100km. Source:…
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