Boeing has submitted a proposal to NASA for the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC), a four-year contract under which Boeing plans to work in…
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.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 08, 2008 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's fourth mission of 2008 has moved to the ELA-3 launch zone at Europe's Spaceport, clearing the way for its July 7 liftoff with a dual payload of commercial telecommunications satellites.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 08, 2008 - ProtoStar Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, announced the successful launch late today of its ProtoStar I communications satellite aboard an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted into space from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2008 - The final flight in NASA's space shuttle program will take off on May 31, 2010, four months before the fleet is retired after 30 years of service, the agency said Tuesday.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2008 - China has made a breakthrough in developing its next generation of space-launch vehicle Long March V, which is scheduled for operation by 2014, said sources with thenation's launch vehicle academy.
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jul 07, 2008 - NASA is planning to conduct in spring 2009 the first test flight of a new carrier rocket with an advanced launch vehicle to replace the outdated space shuttle, the U.S. space agency said in a statement.
Baikonur, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 03, 2008 - A Proton-K/DM-2 heavy carrier rocket with a Cosmos-series military satellite has been successfully launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Friday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - QinetiQ North America has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Analex Corporation, was awarded a three-year option to continue providing launch support services to the National Aeronautical and Space Administration's (NASA) Launch Services Program.
London, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - International Launch Services (ILS) has scheduled its next Proton Breeze M commercial mission for August 14 (August 13 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - Alliant Techsystems was awarded a Sounding Rocket Program Three (SRP-3) contract with potential value of $250 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide launch vehicles and engineering and integration services for intercept systems and atmospheric sounding rocket experiments.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - China's counterspace program - punctuated by the January 2007 successful test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon - poses dangers to human space flight and puts at risk the assets of all space faring nations. --U .S. Department of Defense.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, located in Greenbelt, Maryland, has the lead on many exciting space missions launching in the next year.
Moscow (AFP) July 2, 2008 - The Russian space agency has sealed a deal with a private investor to build a Soyuz spacecraft specially for tourist hire and operational in 2011, a statement said Wednesday.
Houston (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 - The U.S. space agency has detailed the activities to be included during two International Space Station cosmonauts' spacewalks next week.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2008 - The research team that developed Shenzhou VII, China's third manned space launch, will start final testing after arriving at a northwestern satellite launch center in a few days, said a space mission official here on Tuesday.
