Long Beach, CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2008 - The Sea Launch team arrived at the launch site in the Equatorial Pacific over the weekend and initiated a 72-hour countdown, in preparation for the launch of the EchoStar XI satellite on Tuesday, July 15. Liftoff is planned at 10:21pm PDT, July 15 (5:21 GMT, July 16), at the opening of a two-hour launch window.
Moscow (AFP) July 15, 2008 - Two Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) began a new space walk Tuesday to finish off work begun during an earlier operation last week, the Russian space centre said.
London UK (SPX) Jul 15, 2008 - UK students who have reached the final stages of a competition to design a space experiment to be flown on board a British-built satellite presented their ideas to Ian Pearson, Minister for Science and Innovation, during his visit to the Farnborough Air Show this week.
Orlando, FL (SPX) Jul 15, 2008 - NASA last week selected a University of Central Florida project that will measure the temperature and make-up of the Earth's outer atmosphere as one of two missions of opportunity under its Explorer science space program.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008 - The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port and are en route to the Equator, in preparation for the launch of the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite for DISH Network on July 15. Liftoff is planned for 10:21pm Pacific Daylight Time (5:21 GMT, July 16), at the opening of a two-hour launch window.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2008 - China's third manned spaceship, Shenzhou VII, set to launch in October, reached the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province on Thursday, a source with the launch center said.
Hoston TX (SPX) Jul 14, 2008 - When NASA's space shuttle Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 31, it was lifted from the launch pad with the help of a new external fuel tank, ET-128, which featured design changes made to improve performance and flight safety.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 11, 2008 - China's third manned spaceship, Shenzhou VII, set to launch in October, reached the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province on Thursday, a source with the launch center said.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jul 11, 2008 - Magellan Aerospace has been awarded a contract to build the development heat shields for the Orion Space Shuttle replacement program by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Division in Denver, Colorado.
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2008 - Two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station spent six hours in space Wednesday to retrieve an explosive bolt believed the cause of the Soyuz spacecraft's dangerously high-speed descent and landing on two recent missions, NASA said.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 11, 2008 - The House of Representatives has passed bills commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and honoring the first American woman to go into space.
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) Jul 11, 2008 - Sea Launch is preparing for the launch of the EchoStar XI satellite next week, with lift off planned for 5:21 GMT on July 16, the consortium said Thursday.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 11, 2008 - International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko began a spacewalk at 2:48 p.m. EDT Thursday to inspect and retrieve an explosive bolt from their Soyuz TMA-12. The bolt will be returned to Earth for examination.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 10, 2008 - The Expedition 17 crew aboard the International Space Station completed preparations Wednesday for Thursday's spacewalk by Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko.
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 10, 2008 - Over the last 6 months, representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been engaged in detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the Moon.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 09, 2008 - Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. The manifest includes one flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, seven assembly flights to the International Space Station, and two station contingency flights, planned to be completed before the end of fiscal year 2010.
