Winds postpone Delta 2 launch a day Posted: Thu, Jan 29 9:37 PM ET (0237 GMT) High upper level winds forced launch controllers to postpone the launch of a NASA Earth sciences satellite by a day. The Delta 2 7320 was... Weather delays launch of Japanese reconnaissance satellite Posted: Thu, Jan 29 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT) Poor weather pushed back Thursday's scheduled launch of a Japanese reconnaissance satellite until at least Sunday. An H-2A was scheduled to launch from... ATK and Orbital shareholders approve merger Posted: Wed, Jan 28 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT) Shareholders of ATK and Orbital Sciences Corporation voted Tuesday to approve a merger of the two companies, which will allow the merger to close early... Astronomers discover ancient solar system Posted: Wed, Jan 28 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT) Astronomers announced Tuesday the discovery of a solar system with five planets estimated to be 11 billion years old, the oldest solar system yet found.... Google Lunar X PRIZE awards milestone prizes Posted: Tue, Jan 27 8:05 AM ET (1305 GMT) The X PRIZE Foundation announced Monday that it has awarded $5.25 million in "milestone prizes" to five teams participating in the Google Lunar X... Planetary Society to launch solar sail demonstrator in May Posted: Tue, Jan 27 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT) The Planetary Society announced Monday that it will launch a small spacecraft designed to test solar sail technology in May. The nonprofit organization said it... Air Force and SpaceX settle lawsuit Posted: Sat, Jan 24 10:57 AM ET (1557 GMT) The US Air Force and SpaceX have settled a lawsuit the company filed last year, leaving intact a controversial block buy contract between the service... Scientists release initial results from Rosetta Posted: Fri, Jan 23 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT) Scientists working on ESA's Rosetta mission have released the initial analysis of data collected by the spacecraft as it studied comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.... Russia plans to merge space agency with industry Posted: Thu, Jan 22 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT) Russian president Vladimir Putin approved plans Wednesday to merge the Russian space agency Roscosmos with a new industry conglomerate, in the process removing the current... Atlas 5 launches military communications satellite Posted: Wed, Jan 21 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT) The most powerful variant of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a military communications satellite Tuesday night. The Atlas 5 551 rocket... |
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