UK narrows list of potential spaceport sites Posted: Wed, Mar 4 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT) The British government announced Tuesday it has cut two sites from a list of eight potential locations for a commercial spaceport, but at least two... Military weather satellite explodes in orbit Posted: Tue, Mar 3 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT) A 20-year-old weather satellite exploded in orbit last month, creating several dozen pieces of debris. Air Force officials confirmed that the Defense Meteorological... Dawn approaches Ceres Posted: Tue, Mar 3 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT) NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to enter orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres at the end of this week, project officials said Monday.... Falcon 9 launches two communications satellites Posted: Mon, Mar 2 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a pair of small communications satellites Sunday night. The Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket lifted off on schedule... Astronauts wrap up series of ISS spacewalks Posted: Mon, Mar 2 7:11 AM ET (1211 GMT) Two NASA astronauts completed the last in a series of three spacewalks outside the International Space Station on Sunday to prepare the station for future... Russia launches reconnaissance satellite Posted: Sat, Feb 28 9:19 AM ET (1419 GMT) A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian military reconnaissance satellite on Friday. The Soyuz 2-1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia... NASA approves next ISS spacewalk despite water leak in suit Posted: Sat, Feb 28 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT) NASA managers said Friday they were proceeding with plans for the last in a series of three spacewalks outside the International Space Station on Sunday... Air Force head questions schedule for RD-180 replacement Posted: Fri, Feb 27 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT) The Secretary of the Air Force said this week that she doubts a domestically-manufactured replacement for the RD-180 engine would be ready by... Astronauts complete second spacewalk, but spacesuit suffers water leak Posted: Thu, Feb 26 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT) Two NASA astronauts successfully completed the second in a series of three spacewalks outside the International Space Station Wednesday, but one astronaut reported a small... SES picks SpaceX for two launches Posted: Thu, Feb 26 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT) European satellite operator SpaceX, which ordered three new satellites last week, announced Wednesday that it will launch two of them on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets... |
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