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…
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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…
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…
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…
Latest SPICE galley trial demonstrates shorter service times
During a special lunch held onboard an A330 jetliner, Airbus confirmed the rapid service times provided by its SPICE (SPace Innovative Catering Equipment) galley system…
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…
Japanese rocket ferrying supplies to space station
TOKYO – A Japanese rocket carrying an unmanned cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off Saturday, said reports from Tanegashima Island in…
ESA extends ExoMars mission contract with Thales Alenia Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a Contract Change Notice to Thales Alenia Space worth 98 million euros for the ExoMars mission to Mars….
Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin Demonstrate New Docking System Technology
Orion Hardware to be Flown and Tested Aboard NASA’s Last Shuttle Mission, STS-134 BOULDER, Colo, July 26th, 2010 — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Lockheed…
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