NASA names new JSC director, chief scientist Posted: Wed, Feb 13 8:32 AM ET (1332 GMT) NASA announced Tuesday that it has selected a new director for the Johnson Space Center as well as a new chief scientist for the agency.... News briefs: February 11 Posted: Tue, Feb 12 8:34 AM ET (1334 GMT) NASA's Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) spacecraft has started its science mission, NASA reported Monday. TIMED was launched into Earth orbit on... Delta 2 launches Iridium spacecraft Posted: Mon, Feb 11 7:24 PM ET (0024 GMT) On the fourth attempt in as many days, a Delta 2 rocket successfully launched five replacement Iridium satellites Monday afternoon. The booster lifted off at... News briefs: February 9-10 Posted: Mon, Feb 11 8:34 AM ET (1334 GMT) The Indian Space Resource Organization (ISRO) successfully completed the first full test firing of a new cryogenic engine, the AFP news agency reported Sunday. The... Sensor problem delays Delta 2 launch, another attempt Monday Updated: Mon, Feb 11 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT) Originally Posted: Sun, Feb 10 1:56 PM ET (1856 GMT) For the third day in a row the launch of a Delta 2 carrying five Iridium satellites has been delayed. Launch controllers delayed a planned... Delta 2 launch delayed again, next attempt Sunday Updated: Sun, Feb 10 9:10 AM ET (1410 GMT) Originally Posted: Sat, Feb 9 12:57 PM ET (1757 GMT) The launch of a Delta 2 rocket, scheduled for Saturday, has been delayed again, this time because of problems with a support plane. Mechanical problems... More setbacks for EU Galileo project Posted: Sat, Feb 9 12:10 PM ET (1710 GMT) The troubled Galileo project, a European effort to develop a global positioning system to rival GPS, suffered two key setbacks this week that threaten to... News briefs: February 8 Posted: Sat, Feb 9 9:42 AM ET (1442 GMT) A long-delayed Titan 2 launch of a military weather satellite, planned for this month, has been pushed back again, Space News reported late Friday.... Wind gust delays Delta launch Posted: Sat, Feb 9 9:15 AM ET (1415 GMT) A strong gust of wind in the final minute of the countdown delayed Friday's scheduled launch of a Delta 2 booster for a day.... NASA considers foreign launch options for Triana Posted: Fri, Feb 8 9:06 AM ET (1406 GMT) NASA is evaluating two proposals to launch the Triana spacecraft on foreign boosters, Space News reported Thursday. One proposal would launch Triana as a secondary... |
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