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11/24/2014 | Space
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Three new crew members representing the United States, Russia and Italy are at the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz TMA-15M vehicle docked to the...
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11/17/2014 | Space
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Lockheed Martin has started the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA’s InSight Mars lander spacecraft. The InSight mission will record the first-ever...
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11/14/2014 | Space
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The Lockheed Martin built Orion spacecraft has completed its 22-mile, 6-hour journey from the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center, to launch pad...
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11/13/2014 | Space
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The European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt reported a successful landing, announcing: “Philae has landed!”. Some seven hours before, the Philae lander had detached from...
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11/12/2014 | Space
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Boeing has successfully mated two 702SP (small platform) satellites in a stacked configuration in preparation for the first-ever conjoined satellite launch. The milestone is a...
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11/07/2014 | Space
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Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has become the prime contractor for the CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) satellite, the first small...
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10/20/2014 | Space
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Thales was awarded a contract to supply the Qatar Armed Forces with a military satellite communications system.
The ground segment supplied by Thales will provide Qatari...
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10/20/2014 | Space
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The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) successfully de-orbited and landed today at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:24 a.m. PDT, concluding a 674-day experimental...
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10/17/2014 | Space
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Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed the formal contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) to design and build...
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10/17/2014 | Space
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The Safran Aerospace Museum in Réau, near Paris, officially opened its new Space wing today, in a ceremony attended by Jean-Luc Marx, Prefect of the...
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10/15/2014 | Space
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ESA has given the green light for its Rosetta mission to deliver its lander, Philae, to the primary site on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November,...
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10/07/2014 | Space
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XCOR Aerospace today announced marked progress on the path to commercial space flight with the integration of the cockpit to the fuselage on XCOR‘s Lynx®...
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10/06/2014 | Space
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Europe’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane has “touched down” in the Spaceport’s clean room facilities at French Guiana as processing begins for this reentry demonstrator’s...
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10/06/2014 | Space
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The successful crash test of a former Marine helicopter could help lead to safer civilian and military helicopters, according to NASA aeronautics researchers.
The full-scale test...
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10/03/2014 | Space
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The ISDLA-1 satellite, which is one of two passengers for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight, has been delivered to the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building –...
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