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Space News October 19, 2011

Watch online: Soyuz – Galileo IOV launch

Soyuz VS01, the first Soyuz flight from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, was transferred to the launch zone on 14 October 2011. The vehicle was…

Space News October 18, 2011

Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez dedicate the ‘Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space’

WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo soar over Spaceport America New Science and Education Customers to Bring Benefits of Space Access to Students and Researchers. Looking skyward, more…

Space News October 16, 2011

Virgin Galactic signs deal with NASA for Research Missions on SpaceShipTwo

Space Agency places order to carry technology payloads to space Another exciting piece of news in the run up to our New Mexico Spaceport event…

Space News October 14, 2011

NASAs James Webb Space Telescope Marks Program Milestone With Completion of Giant Flight Sunshield Alignment Table

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 2,000-pound platform that engineers will use to precisely align the Webb telescope’s enormous five-layer sunshield…

Space News October 14, 2011

NASA, NRO, USAF Establish Strategy for Certifying New Expendable Launch Vehicles

WASHINGTON — NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of…

Space News October 13, 2011

Virgin Galactic Appoints Former NASA Executive as Vice President of Operations

Virgin Galactic is pleased to announce the appointment of former NASA executive Michael P. Moses as the Vice President of Operations. Just days prior to…

Space News October 13, 2011

Soyuz ready with Galileo satellites for milestone launch

International space cooperation will be highlighted in a historic event on 20 October: the launch of Europe’s first Galileo navigation satellites on Russia’s first Soyuz…

Space News October 10, 2011

Lockheed Martin Powers on the GPS III Pathfinder

U.S. Air Force’s GPS III Acquisition Approach Continues to Yield Excellent Results NEWTOWN, Pa., October 10th, 2011 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE : LMT]…

Space News October 4, 2011

Lockheed Martin Congratulates U.S. Air Force on Prestigious GPS Award

Lockheed Martin today congratulated the U.S Air Force and the Global Positioning System (GPS) community for receiving the International Astronautical Federation’s (IAF) 60th Anniversary Award…

Space News October 3, 2011

Boeing FAB-T Demonstrates High-Data-Rate Communications with AEHF Satellite Test Terminal

Satellite communications test affirms Internet-like functionality, improved speed Marks progress toward functional qualification testing HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Oct. 3, 2011 — Boeing today announced that…

Space News September 29, 2011

Chinas 1st space module Tiangong-1 lifts off

JIUQUAN – China’s first space lab module Tiangong-1 blasted off at 9:16 pm Beijing Time (1316 GMT) Thursday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest…

Space News September 27, 2011

European experts follow satellite reentry

ESA closely monitored the reentry on 24 September of the UARS observatory satellite. The Agency’s Space Debris Office worked with NASA and international partners in…

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