Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 22, 2010 - The next Ariane 5 flight has been given the go-ahead for its Wednesday liftoff following the launch readiness review held at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 21, 2010 - For its upcoming launch, Ariane 5 will deliver in orbit two Astrium-built satellites: the Arabsat 5A communications satellite for Arabsat and the COMS satellite for the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). The Astrium teams on site at the Guiana Space Centre are busy with final preparations for the scheduled launch of the two satellites on 23 June 2010.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 21, 2010 - Ariane 5's ability to perform a full range of missions is underscored by preparation activity currently underway at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2010 - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver returned June 15 from a week-long, three-city trip to Europe that included addressing the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and signing a cooperative agreement to extend the mission of an Earth science satellite.
New Orleans LO (SPX) Jun 18, 2010 - The Orion crew exploration vehicle took shape as the two halves of the crew module were fused together at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. The Lockheed Martin Orion team welded the forward cone assembly to the aft barrel assembly using the next generation friction stir weld process. The 445-inch long weld is the longest such weld of its kind and will ensure optimal structural integrity for the harsh environments of space flight.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 18, 2010 - Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock, Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin docked with the International Space Station at 6:21 p.m. EDT Thursday. The trio began the journey to their new home when they launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 18, 2010 - Having more than one string on a fiddle is an old phase used to describe someone or something with multiple talents or uses. This expression could be used to describe NASA's avionics string testing - a developmental testing process that allows engineers to find and fix any bugs in a system by inputting commands and scrutinizing the electronics system's responses.
Moscow (AFP) June 18, 2010 - A Russian space ship carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two US astronauts on Friday docked successfully with the International Space Station, mission control officials said.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 17, 2010 - Three new Expedition 24 crew members continued their voyage aboard the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:35 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
McLean VA (SPX) Jun 17, 2010 - Iridium Communications and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are pleased to announce that the Falcon 9 will be a major provider of launch services for Iridium NEXT, Iridium's next-generation satellite constellation. The $492 million contract, while being the largest single commercial launch deal ever signed, nonetheless represents a new benchmark in cost-effective satellite delivery to space.
Yasny, Russia (SPX) Jun 16, 2010 - The Swedish Prisma satellites have been successfully launched aboard a Dnepr launcher from Yasny, Russia at 14.42 UTC. Sixteen minutes after launch, the two Prisma satellites were released, clamped together in launch configuration.
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Jun 16, 2010 - China has successfully sent into space a scientific research satellite at 9:39 a.m. Tuesday from northwest China's Gansu Province. The satellite Shijian XII, sent from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center of Gansu Province, was carried by the China-developed Long March 2D rocket.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 16, 2010 - A Russian cosmonaut and two American astronauts blasted off Wednesday for a restaffing mission to the International Space Station, Russian television showed in a live broadcast.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 15, 2010 - The International Space Station's Expedition 24 crew began the week Monday with a variety of science experiments. Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson was scheduled to reinstall an old pump into the U.S. segment's oxygen generation system, in an effort to coax it back into action to support the increase of the crew to six people which will begin Thursday.
Baikonur Space Center, Kazakhstan (UPI) Jun 13, 2010 - Russian space officials moved a Soyuz-FG rocket to its launch pad Sunday in preparation for its flight to the International Space Station later this week.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 11, 2010 - A South Korean rocket, launched from the Naro space center, exploded two minutes after take-off, Yonhap news agency said. The KSLV-1 (The First Korean Space Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier with STSAT-2B climate satellite onboard blasted off at noon Moscow time [08:00 GMT]. Later the Yonhap agency said the space center's control service had lost contact with the vehicle.
