Moscow (RIA) Feb 02, 2009 - Russia has successfully launched its first carrier rocket of 2009, putting a Coronas-Photon research satellite into orbit, a Mission Control spokesman said Friday.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 - The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK conducted a full-scale separation test of the forward skirt extension for the Ares I-X flight test at its facility in Promontory, Utah.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 - Launch vehicle components for Arianespace's second Ariane 5 flight of 2009 have arrived in French Guiana, allowing preparations to begin for an April mission that will carry two key European space science payloads.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 - With a new Congress now in session in Washington, The Planetary Society is renewing its efforts to promote space exploration and help shape space policy in the coming years. In early February all members of Congress will receive a copy of Beyond the Moon, the Society's roadmap for the future of space exploration.
Poker Flat AL (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 - After days of waiting for precise aurora conditions, a team from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range. The NASA rockets launched Jan. 29, just before 1 a.m. Alaska Standard Time, and flew through an auroral curtain, collecting data throughout their flights.
Houston (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama's moves to drop a NASA program that would return astronauts to the moon will spark a political fight, space program experts predict.
Kourou, French Guyana (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 - Final integration has begun for the multi-satellite payload to be carried on Arianespace's first Ariane 5 flight of 2009.
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 - Many people resolved to lose weight this year, but seven university students had a different goal - to be weightless. The students served as both investigators and test subjects in an experiment to examine how a person's sense of direction is impacted by the lack of gravity and whether a simple device can improve the ability to navigate. The student activity, supported by funds from National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) and Excalibur Almaz, was conducted through NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Program.
Las Cruces NM (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 - Officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Sweden to align with Spaceport America as 'Sister Spaceports'. Working in collaboration, the two spaceports will increase global cooperation in the commercial space industry, promote cultural understanding and stimulate local economic development, tourism and education.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - A Delta II is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-2 here, during a window of 2 to 3 a.m. Wednesday. The rocket will carry the NOAA-N Prime polar-orbiting weather satellite for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says 20 college student teams are spending the winter building rockets they will launch this spring in a rocketry competition.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - Green Hills Software has announced that Ecliptic Enterprises is using Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY real-time operating system in Ecliptic's next-generation RocketCam Digital Video System (DVS).
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - In the last twelve months, Alliant Techsystems has completed several significant milestones for NASA's Constellation program that will set the stage for major flight and ground tests in 2009. The company successfully conducted sub-scale and full- scale ground tests of Constellation components.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ground crews are working on valve and aft skirt installations and performing several tests on space shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39A.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - Arianespace's initial Ariane 5 mission of 2009 has taken another major step closer to its February 12 liftoff with the launch vehicle's transfer to the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport.
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - The University of Colorado at Boulder and SpaceDev have partnered to create eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship. eSpace is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating new entrepreneurial space companies, commercializing aerospace technologies created within these companies and developing the aerospace workforce to support them.
