Evry, France (SPX) May 01, 2014 - On behalf of Stephane Israel, who is on duty at the CSG in French Guiana for a launch campaign, Jacques Breton, Arianespace Senior Vice-President, Sales and Customers, signed a contract on April 28t
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2014 - As part of NASA's continuing effort to open low-Earth orbit to commercial space opportunities, the agency is seeking feedback on ways it can help create greater access to and use of the Internationa
Washington (AFP) May 01, 2014 - A US court has blocked a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing from buying Russian-made rocket engines, after private rocket operator SpaceX filed a lawsuit protesting the contract.
Denver CO (SPX) May 01, 2014 - Lockheed Martin and NASA engineers have verified that the Orion spacecraft successfully passed an important environmental test called Multi-Point Random Vibration Testing. This test shakes the space
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 01, 2014 - O3b Networks spacecraft for Arianespace's next launch to help bridge the digital divide have been delivered to French Guiana, marking a key step in preparations for this upcoming Soyuz mission fro
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 30, 2014 - The third launch by Europe's new small launcher, Vega, has delivered Kazakhstan's first satellite for high-resolution Earth observation into its planned orbit. Liftoff of flight VV03 from Euro
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 29, 2014 - A project to build a new super-heavy carrier rocket was included into the draft new Federal Space Program (FSP) Roscosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday. A [super] heavy carrier rocket
Moscow (XNA) Apr 29, 2014 - A Russian carrier rocket brought two satellites into space successfully, federal space agency Roscosmos said Monday. The Proton-M rocket, carrying Russian satellite Luch-5V and Kazakh communic
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 29, 2014 - The Russian space agency believes it would be illogical to start the production of Ukrainian-made Zenit space launch rockets in Russia, the agency's head said Thursday. In regard to the Zenit
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2014 - A test flight later this week will challenge a set of sensors to map out a 65-yard square of boulder-sized hazards and pick out a safe place to land. Mounted to an uncrewed prototype lander ca
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2014 - After a year-long competition among the nation's high schools, evaluators from NASA, Lockheed Martin, and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) have selected Team ARES from the Governor's School
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2014 - Testing designed to simulate the vibrations NASA's Orion will experience during its first trip to space successfully wrapped up inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 29, 2014 - Arianespace's next Vega mission from French Guiana has been given the all clear for liftoff on April 28 with its DZZ-HR payload, following completion of the launch readiness review performed Frida
New York NY (SPX) Apr 29, 2014 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Innovative Partnerships Office has entered into a Space Act Agreement with littleBits Electronics, Inc., New York, N.Y., to collaborate with the Aura Mission on ac
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 29, 2014 - A Russian Proton-M rocket to be launched next week carrying two satellites was rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday, the Russian space agency said.
South Pole (ESA) Apr 28, 2014 - Are you a team player who is unafraid of long isolation? Do you have a medical degree and a healthy love of extremes? ESA is offering the chance of a lifetime to run space experiments in one of the
