Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - The first-arrived payload for Ariane 5's year-opening flight is undergoing initial checkout at Europe's Spaceport as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger mission set for March 24.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - Space Shuttle Endeavour landed early this morning at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a flight delivering more living space, equipment and a bay window to the International Space Station.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., to provide launch services for expendable launch vehicles.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - Space shuttle Discovery will be attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters today in NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. The shuttle is being prepared for its rollout to Launch Pad 39A, scheduled for March 2 at 12:01 a.m. EST.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - Space shuttle Endeavour and six astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 10:20 p.m. EST landing Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it shipped a communications satellite built for DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - Southwest Research Institute announces a new initiative to build and fly experiments with SwRI payload specialists on next-generation suborbital vehicles. The program, supported with a $1 million allocation from SwRI, will be led by Dr. Alan Stern, associate vice president of the SwRI Space Science and Engineering Division. It is the first program of its kind in the nation.
Strasbourg, France (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - In a week that featured astronauts adding a new observation deck to the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, the success of the Northrop Grumman Foundation's Weightless Flights of Discovery program and its potential to inspire students globally was highlighted at the International Space University's 14th Annual Symposium.
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 2:14 p.m. EST to The Marines' Hymn, played for Commander George Zamka (Col., USMC).
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 22, 2010 - After finding a break in the rainy weather at two US landing sites, the shuttle Endeavour descended to a landing in Florida late Sunday to end a two-week mission that pushed the long-running assembly of the International Space Station close to completion.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - Last week, on Feb. 11th, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a five-year mission to study the sun. Researchers have called the advanced spacecraft the crown jewel of NASA's heliophysics fleet. SDO will beam back IMAX-quality images of solar explosions and peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's magnetic dynamo in action.
Houston, Texas (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 - The Endeavour looked for a break in the clouds Sunday to return to Earth after a successful two-week mission to install a node with a seven-window observation deck on the International Space Station.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 - The US space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed in Florida late Sunday after a two-week mission to install a new module on the International Space Station.
Washington (AFP) Feb 19, 2010 - The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station late Friday after completing a nine-day mission, which consisted in delivering a module dubbed Tranquility.
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - Just before Christmas, NASA sent a note: Irradiated smoked turkey, thermostabilized yams and NASA's own special stuffing recipe can mean only one thing - holiday season aboard the International Space Station.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - NASA's recent installation of a cupola on the International Space Station has caught the eyes of the world. It's appropriate, considering that the cupola itself is an eye on the world. The cupola is a small blister on the side of the recently installed Tranquility module, which gives panoramic views of the space station, the Earth below, and space itself.
