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![]() Paris, France (ESA) Jun 22, 2011 ESA and Thales Alenia Space Italia have announced an agreement at the Paris Air and Space Show to begin building the IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle for its mission into space in 2013. Europe's ambition for a spacecraft to return autonomously from low orbit is a cornerstone for a wide range of space applications, including space transportation, exploration and robotic servicing of space infrastructure. This goal will be achieved with IXV, which is the next step from the Atmospheric Ree ... read more |
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![]() The end for ATV Johannes Kepler Europe's unmanned ATV space freighter plunged on command into Earth's atmosphere to end its mission as a spectacular shooting star over the southern Pacific Ocean. Contact with the spacecraft was lo ... more | .. |
![]() LRO Showing Us the Moon as Never Before NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has forever changed our view of the moon, literally bringing it into sharper focus and showing us the whole globe in unprecedented detail. This rich n ... more | .. |
![]() Progress M-11M space freighter launched into orbit A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from a Soyuz-U carrier rocket and was launched into orbit on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said. It was sent to the International Space Sta ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Radar for Mars Gets Flight Tests at NASA Dryden Southern California's high desert has been a stand-in for Mars for NASA technology testing many times over the years. And so it is again, in a series of flights by an F/A-18 aircraft to test the lan ... more | .. |
![]() Public Invited to Find Destination for New Horizons The world is invited to help discover a potential new, icy follow-on destination for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, using the IceHunters.org website. New Horizons is currently en route to make the ... more | .. |
![]() Arianespace to launch Astra 5B satellite Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has once again chosen Arianespace, this time to launch its new Astra 5B satellite. SES, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator, has confirmed that it h ... more | .. |
![]() Express AM8, AT1 and AT2 programmes are now in full effect Thales Alenia Space has announced the official start of the Express AM8, AT1 and AT2 programs. The tri-partite contract was signed in September 2010 with RSCC (Russian Space Operator) and JSC "ISS - ... more |
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![]() Space shuttle commander Kelly to retire from NASA Mark Kelly, the US astronaut who commanded the final flight by the shuttle Endeavour, announced Tuesday he is retiring to spend more time with his lawmaker wife as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. ... more | .. |
![]() Johannes Kepler has left the ISS Europe's Johannes Kepler ATV cargo ferry undocked from the International Space Station Monday at 14:46:30 GMT (16:46:30 CEST). The craft is now leaving the orbital outpost far behind and will end it ... more | .. |
![]() STS-135 Crew Arrives in Florida for Countdown Rehearsal The four veteran astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission arrived Monday evening at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their prelaunch countdown rehearsal. "I speak on be ... more | .. |
![]() One-Hundred-Year Starship Study - Part 2 The May 9 Launchspace email release introduced the latest idea from the "Department of Mad Scientists," a study of a 100-year starship mission. This is a joint NASA/DARPA project to generate ideas f ... more |
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![]() Cassini Captures Ice Queen Helene NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its second-closest encounter with Saturn's icy moon Helene, beaming down raw images of the small moon. At closest approach, on June 18, Cassini f ... more | .. |
![]() Rocketdyne J-2X Engine Ready for Test Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne completed assembly of the first J-2X upper-stage engine for NASA's next era of human spaceflight in preparation for demonstration testing expected to begin this month at ... more | .. |
![]() MESSENGER Endures Its First Hot Season Yesterday the MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed the first of four "hot seasons" expected to occur during its one-year primary mission in orbit about Mercury. During these hot seasons, the ... more | .. |
![]() ESA chief hits at 'anarchy' over space station planning Europe's space chief on Monday said the International Space Station faced lean times as a result of the US shuttle phase-out and said project planning for transport to the ISS had been "anarchy". ... more |
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![]() Looking for new vistas of space exploration With the ISS slated to go out of business in 2020 the world needs to decide exactly where manned cosmonautics is going from there. Speaking at a professional roundtable, held on the fringes of the I ... more | .. |
![]() China to launch new communication satellite China will launch a new communication satellite, Zhongxing-10, in the next few days at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. Sources with the center said Sunday that a Long M ... more | .. |
![]() Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new humanlike computer vision Two new techniques for computer-vision technology mimic how humans perceive three-dimensional shapes by instantly recognizing objects no matter how they are twisted or bent, an advance that could he ... more | .. |
![]() 19-Mile Mark See Opportunity For A Solar Panel Clean Up Opportunity continues to make excellent progress towards Endeavour crater with under 3 kilometers (nearly 2 miles) to go before the first landfall on the rim. On Sols 2622, 2626, 2627 and 2628 ... more |
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![]() NASA Issues Announcement For Solar Electric Propulsion Studies NASA issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking proposals for mission concept studies of a solar electric propulsion system demonstration to test and validate key capabilities and technologies ... more | .. |
![]() ATV preparing for fiery destruction ATV Johannes Kepler has been an important part of the International Space Station since February. Next week, it will complete its mission by undocking and burning up harmlessly in the atmosphere hig ... more | .. |
![]() Phobos slips past Jupiter Earlier this month, ESA's Mars Express performed a special manoeuvre to observe an unusual alignment of Jupiter and the martian moon Phobos. The impressive images have now been processed into a movi ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Reveals New Batch Of Space Program Artifacts NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human spaceflight technologie ... more |
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![]() Coming Into Focus Minor Planet Vesta While NASA's space probe Dawn is continuing its approach towards Vesta, the camera system on board is beginning to show the giant asteroid in more and more detail. The newest pictures taken on ... more | .. |
![]() A golden age of exoplanet discovery An exciting meeting yesterday, Wednesday 15 June 2011, held at the Institute of Physics (IOP) in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), saw leading experts explain how far the field ... more | .. |
![]() European endorsement for space hazards program The European Commission recently set out the EU's main space priorities, which include protection of Europe's space assets. The affirmation spotlights the Space Situational Awareness Preparatory Pro ... more | .. |
![]() Former Astronaut Develops Powerful Rocket As scientists develop plans one day to send humans to Mars, they know the journey will involve many hazards for the astronauts, including possibly many months of exposure to dangerous radiation outs ... more |
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![]() Commercial Spaceflight Federation Supports Use of Space Act Agreements For the next phase of NASA's Commercial Crew Development Program, following CCDev Rounds 1 and 2, the Commercial Spaceflight Federation strongly supports the use of Space Act Agreements (SAAs) under ... more | .. |
![]() Despite budget stress, US space ties strong: NASA Relations between the United States and its partners in space remain strong, despite tighter budgets and concerns about costs and delays in building the space station, NASA chief Charles Bolden said on Friday. ... more | .. |
![]() European space freighter poised for suicide plunge A European freighter will be destroyed by atmospheric burn-up next week after completing its supply mission to mankind's orbital outpost, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. ... more | .. |
![]() Penn State expert determined to find life on Earth-like planets Thanks to popular Hollywood films like "E.T.," "Avatar" and "Super 8," life on other planets seems highly conceivable to people who have considered the idea that we are not alone in the universe. Ji ... more |
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