Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2009 - Space shuttle Atlantis' rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been rescheduled to begin at 4 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 31, as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2009 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has announced that the launch window for ATSB's RazakSAT on Falcon 1 Flight 5 is currently scheduled to open Monday, April 20th at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) / 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 30, 2009 - On 25 March, ESA and CNES, the French Space Agency, signed a 435 million Euro contract assuring the availability of the CSG launch range for ESA programmes and activities and for the exploitation of Ariane, Vega and Soyuz launchers over the period 2009 to 2013.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2009 - Aerojet has announced that its second-stage liquid engine for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket helped boost Lockheed Martin's GPS IIR-20(M) satellite to orbit for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30, 2009 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries performed a cryogenic inspection for the first captive firing test (setting the X-time or firing time at 11:30 a.m.) on March 27, 2009 (all times and dates are Japan Standard Time) at the Tanegashima Space Center.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Mar 28, 2009 - A 355-foot, $500 million new rocket launcher at Cape Canaveral, Fla., needs one thing, officials say: a rocket to use it.
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2009 - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 28, 2009 - The shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts successfully completed their 13-day mission Saturday after a safe landing at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, NASA said.
Mumbai (AFP) March 27, 2009 - Indian scientists are looking to develop a curry fit for space, as the country plans its first manned mission outside the earth's atmosphere.
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - The isolation study 'Mars500' focuses on the question how human beings can stay physically and psychologically fit in the extreme conditions of a journey to Mars. On 31 March 2009, the very ambitious isolation experiment will start at the Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - NASA signed a contract Tuesday with Roy Anderson Corp. of Gulfport, Miss., for a general construction package on the A-3 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract's value is not to exceed $45 million.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-14 from the Baikonur Coodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:49 a.m. EDT Thursday to begin a six-month stay in space.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 27, 2009 - The US shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts prepared for a Saturday return to Earth after a 13-day mission in orbit including nine days at the International Space Station (ISS).
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - This week's Satellite 2009 conference in Washington, D.C. provided Arianespace the opportunity to underscore the importance of reliable, quality launch services for satellite operators and manufacturers, especially in today's challenging economic environment.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 27, 2009 - A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be the last paying passenger to head into space for several years.
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2009 - Eutelsat Communications on Thursday defended its decision to choose a Chinese rocket to launch its next satellite, saying it offered the best price and schedule.
