Space & Astronomy News

09/04/2014 | Space | 180
Airbus Defence and Space has just become, as a German security supplier, member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). FIRST, formed...
Boeing Continues Progress on Improved Space Station Docking System 08/26/2014 | Space | 233
Boeing will begin manufacturing a new docking system for the International Space Station (ISS), having recently completed the critical design review for the NASA Docking...
08/26/2014 | Space | 394
Two and a half months before the long-awaited touchdown of Philae, the Rosetta spacecraft’s small lander, CNES convened scores of scientists from CNES, ESA and...
Boeing Commercial Crew Program Completes Critical Design and Safety Reviews 08/22/2014 | Space | 236
Boeing recently completed the Phase Two Spacecraft Safety Review of its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft and the Critical Design Review (CDR) of its integrated...
Airbus Defence and Space delivers Sentinel-2A environmental monitoring satellite for testing 08/22/2014 | Space | 245
- The satellite, which weighs around 1.2 tons, is scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2015 - Sentinel-2A is one of the European...
08/20/2014 | Space | 556
First satellite connectivity solution to harness the power, scalability and flexibility of the innovative Newtec Dialog platform Airbus Defence and Space is expanding its Terralink satellite...
08/19/2014 | Space | 524
Astronomers have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare type of black hole 12 million light-years away by sifting through archival data from NASA's Rossi X-ray...
08/15/2014 | Space | 422
At 10am this morning, just feet from the runway which will rocket XCOR® Lynx® customers to space and back, Midland Development Corporation and XCOR Aerospace®...
XCOR Lynx Spacecraft Lands at Monterey Jet Center 08/14/2014 | Space | 217
XCOR Aerospace presents its XCOR® Lynx® spacecraft full scale model as part of tonight's Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival 2014, at the Monterey Jet Center. Dubbed...
08/12/2014 | Space | 470
Airbus Defense and Space has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide services related to hosting United States Air Force communications systems onboard...
08/06/2014 | Space | 575
The Rosetta comet chaser developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency (ESA) has arrived at its destination after flying...
08/06/2014 | Space | 376
Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, today announced a partnership with global...
08/06/2014 | Space | 290
Lockheed Martin will provide facilities development and operations support of human spaceflight missions at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston through at least September...
Fourth MUOS Communication Satellite Clears Launch-Simulation Test 08/04/2014 | Space | 212
The fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in the launch order is progressing in its final testing phase, having successfully cleared acoustic tests. This...
08/01/2014 | Space | 152
NASA has awarded a contract extension to Lockheed Martin Corporation of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC) at the agency's Johnson...
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