Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 12, 2009 - The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's upcoming space exploration mission is now complete following the installation of its payload fairing over the dual passengers of Europe's Herschel space telescope and the Planck observatory.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 11, 2009 - US astronauts blasted off Monday on a high-risk mission to service the Hubble telescope for the final time, prolonging the life of a tool which has revolutionized humankind's understanding of the universe.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) May 11, 2009 - Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, en route to provide the final servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 11, 2009 - The Atlantis space shuttle took off Monday carrying seven crew on a mission to service the Hubble telescope.
Pyongyang, North Korea (XNA) May 11, 2009 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has reconfirmed that its satellite launch in early April was successful, the official news agency KCNA said Thursday.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 11, 2009 - The US space agency said it was on target to launch Monday the space shuttle Atlantis on its high-risk final mission to service the Hubble telescope.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 11, 2009 - At this morning's final countdown status briefing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Test Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said that the countdown timeline is on target and Atlantis is ready to fly.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 11, 2009 - Russia has launched a Progress M-02M cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for Russia's space agency Roscosmos has said.
Washington (AFP) May 11, 2009 - It would be the most audacious rescue in space flight history. Alongside NASA's mission to repair the Hubble telescope which took off on Monday, the US space agency is preparing a second intrepid shuttle mission it hopes never to launch.
Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2009 - The Obama Administration has announced the launch of an independent review of planned U.S. human space flight activities with the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space.
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2009 - NASA will Monday launch the shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts into orbit on a high-risk last service mission to one of the greatest scientific instruments ever, the space telescope Hubble.
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 08, 2009 - NASA has received two Webby awards for excellence on the Internet. NASA's main Web site won the People's Voice award for best government Web site. The Cassini mission Web site received a Webby award for best science site.
Washington (AFP) May 8, 2009 - NASA said Friday that conditions were favorable to launch its final shuttle mission to the Hubble space telescope on May 11.
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 08, 2009 - Aerojet has announced that it has shipped the first jettison motor for NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle to the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This first jettison motor shipment increases the technical readiness of the Launch Abort System (LAS) and is a major operational accomplishment as the first full-scale rocket propulsion element to proceed into a system-level flight test.
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2009 - NASA announced Thursday an $18.69 billion budget for fiscal year 2010 to advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system and conduct aeronautics research.
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 08, 2009 - NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover on Thursday, May 7.
