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Launch of Space Station Crew Faces Delay, by air leak in the capsule.
The launch of a Soyuz capsule carrying the new International Space Station (ISS) crew may be postponed over faults in the capsule’s assembly. The three new crew members – Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and Joseph Acaba – are currently scheduled… Continue reading
Official launch of the nEUROn, the new generation technology demonstrator for a European UCAV
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation, to the representatives of the six countries collaborating… Continue reading
China to launch 21 rockets, 30 satellites in 2012
China will launch more rockets and satellites into space in 2012, chinanews.com reported Tuesday citing the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The main contractor for the Chinese space program said during its annual meeting that they will blast… Continue reading
U.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Lockheed Martin for GPS III Launch and Checkout Capability
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS IIIsatellites from launch through early on-orbit testing.
The LCC, which will be… Continue reading
China to launch orbiters for lunar landing in 5 years
BEIJING – China will launch orbiters for lunar soft landing, roving and surveying to implement the second stage of lunar exploration in next five years, a white paper said Thursday.
China’s lunar probe projects are based on the idea of… Continue reading
Launch of Russian Proton-M carrier rocket postponed
The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunications satellite SES-4 (NSS-14) onboard was called off on Monday due to “technical problems”, a spokesman for the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said.
He said the new… Continue reading
Soyuz launch failed
Today a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put a communications satellite into orbit after lifting away from the country’s Plesetsk spaceport.
Debris is said to have re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere near the western Siberian town of Tobolsk.
In August, a Soyuz… Continue reading
ESA astronaut André Kuipers on his way to the International Space Station
21 December 2011
PR 37 2011 – After their launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 13:16 GMT (14:16 CET) today, ESA astronaut André Kuipers and crewmates Oleg Kononenko and Don Pettit are circling Earth every 90 minutes aboard… Continue reading
Boeing 737 MAX Logs First Firm Order from Launch Customer Southwest Airlines
DALLAS, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and… Continue reading
NASA Announces Launch Date and Milestones for Spacex Flight
WASHINGTON — NASA has announced the launch target for Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be Feb. 7, 2012. Pending completion of final safety reviews, testing and verification, NASA also has agreed to… Continue reading
F-35C and EMALS demonstrate start of naval aviation’s next century
The Navy demonstrated early integration of the future of naval aviation Nov. 18 when it launched F-35C test aircraft CF-3 with its new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS).
Testing the F-35C on EMALS provided an early opportunity to evaluate technical… Continue reading
Coverage Set For Next Soyuz Crew Launch And Docking
HOUSTON — Fresh off the arrival of three new crew members at the International Space Station, the next trio of residents is set to launch to the outpost Dec. 21. NASA Television will cover prelaunch activities, launch and docking to… Continue reading