London, UK (SPX) Mar 22, 2007 - Arianespace is committed to supporting the future evolution of the mobile satellite services (MSS) industry, offering reliable access to space on its heavy-lift Ariane 5 and medium-weight Soyuz launch vehicles.
Casper WY (SPX) Mar 22, 2007 - The video of the SpaceX Demoflight 2 launch this week in the South Pacific appears to show a serious staging anomaly that, if confirmed, would likely need to be addressed before the next flight of the Falcon 1 vehicle. In response to an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX Vice President of Business Development, disagreed with the anomaly assessment. There was no anomaly there. We knew the second stage would kick a bit after separation. There was no contact from initial look.
Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 22, 2007 - AMERICOM GOVERNMENT SERVICES (AGS) and Marshall Communications (MARSHALL) have announced the renewal of a multi-year contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA will utilize AGS' satellite services via MARSHALL to provide Space Shuttle video feed during pre-launch, launch and mission operations. AGS will also broadcast the multiple digital channels recognized as NASA TV.
Moscow (AFP) March 22, 2007 - American software billionaire Charles Simonyi will be packing a piece of Communist-era computer gadgetry for his launch into space on a Russian rocket next month, he said during training Thursday.
Richmond BC (SPX) Mar 22, 2007 - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates have announced that they have signed a contract with IHI Aerospace of Japan for the implementation phase of the information solution it has developed to provide guidance for cargo transfer operations on orbit.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2007 - For some scientists and engineers, designing something to fly in space might be the pinnacle of a career. On the STS-118 shuttle mission, NASA is giving that opportunity to a 6- to 12-year-old student.
Vienna VA (SPX) Mar 21, 2007 - Space Adventures has announced that their orbital client, Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., will take a specially prepared gourmet meal to the International Space Station (ISS). Dr. Simonyi, who is set to become the world's fifth space tourist, is scheduled to launch on April 7 onboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the ISS.
Kirkland WA (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 - Fly me to the moon is no longer a romantic notion, it's a request that Angie Lepley, President of Kirkland-based ETI Travel will soon be hearing a lot. Lepley has recently been selected to be one of only 45 travel consultants in North America to be Accredited Space Agents by Virgin Galactic, a company that, in 2008, will begin offering the traveling public the opportunity to take a suborbital space flight.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 - NASA's Glenn Research Center will conduct integrated environmental testing of the Orion crew exploration vehicle in the Space Power Facility at the center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.
Beijing (XNA) Mar 20, 2007 - China's space program scientists have published outlines of plans to begin development of a space laboratory and spacewalking by Chinese astronauts by 2010.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 20, 2007 - In the exploration of outer space, we (the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States) were not only partners, but also rivals, and that rivalry has brought excellent results, Russian ambassador to the United States Yuri Ushakov told a State Department forum in late February to mark the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 - NASA and Houston Technology Center (HTC) have announced the signing of a Space Act Agreement from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The agreement provides the framework for expanding a multi-year partnership between the two organizations.
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 20, 2007 - On 26 March, as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaties, an event with ESA's astronauts will take place at the University of Rome Sapienza, with the participation of Italian Research Minister Fabio Mussi.
Washington (AFP) March 20, 2007 - Private satellite carrier SpaceX will launch its Falcon 1 rocket into space from the Marshall Islands Tuesday, nearly a year after its first attempt failed, the company said in a statement.
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 - A group of students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla., are spending their spring break traveling 800 miles in an attempt to make history. They have planned, designed, fabricated, tested and are now preparing to stage and launch their own suborbital rocket -- Icarus.
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Mar 19, 2007 - Taking out the trash is no simple chore on the International Space Station, where some junk is carefully hurled into the Earth's atmosphere to burn. It's really only a measure of last resort, Nicholas Johnson, head of NASA's orbital debris program told USA Today of the space trash technique. We don't want to create debris even if it's short-lived, unless it's overwhelmingly necessary.
