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Space News January 11, 2012

Boeing Begins NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Study

The Boeing Company has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000…

Space News January 9, 2012

Overview of ESA activities in 2012

First launch of Vega Europe’s family of launchers will welcome its smallest member, Vega. Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana) Date: 9 February BepiColombo presentation…

Space News January 2, 2012

Lockheed Martin and NASA Place Two Grail Spacecraft Into Orbit Around the Moon

DENVER, January 1st, 2012 — Both of NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were successfully inserted into orbit around the Earth’s moon. The…

Space News November 1, 2011

China announces launch of Shenzhou-8 successful, prepares for first docking

CMSE News, November 1, Beijing, Chang Wanquan, the Chief Commander of China Manned Space Engineering Project, Commanding Officer of Tiangong 1/Shenzhou 8 Rendezvous and Docking…

Space News October 31, 2011

Boeing leasing shuttle hangar to build new capsule

Boeing is taking over one of NASA’s old space shuttle hangars to build a new capsule that the company hopes will lift astronauts to orbit…

Space News October 31, 2011

China to launch Shenzhou VIII early Tuesday

China will launch its unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII early Tuesday for the country’s first space docking, a major step closer to the goal of building…

Space News October 28, 2011

NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite

WASHINGTON — NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite soared into space early today aboard a Delta II rocket after liftoff at 5:48 a.m. EDT from Space Launch…

Space News October 27, 2011

Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition

Fifty years ago, an historic competition for the first pilots to fly into space yielded the Mercury Seven astronauts. Today, from an intense selection process…

Space News October 27, 2011

Astrium successfully delivers Arabsat-5C satellite in orbit

The Arabsat-5C satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space has been handed over to ARABSAT as part of the in-orbit delivery contract Arabsat-5C is…

Space News October 21, 2011

Russian carrier rocket launched from Kourou, carrying two Galileo navigation system satellites

A Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket was launched on Friday for the first time from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana. The rocket is carrying…

Space News October 20, 2011

SpaceX Completes Key Milestone to Fly Astronauts to International Space Station

Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced it has successfully completed the preliminary design review of its revolutionary launch abort system, a system designed for manned…

Space News October 20, 2011

Soyuz – Galileo IOV launch delayed

Following an anomaly detected during fueling of the Soyuz launcher’s third stage, the final countdown has been interrupted. Soyuz and its two Galileo IOV satellites,…

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