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…
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, June 1, completing a 16-day mission…
NASA Global Hawk Takes the Earth’s Temperature Over the Pacific Ocean
A Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high altitude unmanned aircraft began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 11 as part of a…
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Selected to Launch DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Earth Imaging Satellite
DENVER, Colo., March 15th, 2011 — Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT], announced today that it…
Bombardier Celebrates 300th 'Comfortably Greener' Q400 Turboprop with Porter Airlines on Earth Day 2010
Bombardier Aerospace today celebrated its 300th Q400 turboprop aircraft, a Q400 NextGen model. The milestone aircraft is the 20th Q400 turboprop to join Toronto-based Porter…
Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Returns to Earth after Fortifying International Space Station Science
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 15-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT…
Green Hornet to take flight on Earth Day
The Navy will demonstrate the ‘Green Hornet,’ an F/A-18 Super Hornet powered by a 50/50 biofuel blend, on Earth Day, April 22, at Naval Air…
CryoSat to observe Earth’s ice cover
ESA PR 03-2010. The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earth’s ice fields and map ice…
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne safely back on Earth
1 December 2009 ESA PR 30-2009. The Soyuz TMA-15 reentry module landed safely in Kazakhstan at 13.15 local time (08.15 CET), bringing ESA astronaut Frank…
GOCE satellite launch – mapping the Earth’s gravity as never before
9 March 2009 ESA PR 04-2009. ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth’s gravitational field with…
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