Today the Space Foundation presented its 2004 Space Achievement Award to Arianespace, the CNES French national space agency and the European Space Agency (ESA), in a ceremony held at Colorado […]
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Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is fully integrated
Bremen, Germany – Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV, has been integrated and is currently being electrically tested in Bremen. For the first time the three ATV elements are linked […]
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NSS Hails the Restart of Space Tourism and the Next Private Space Explorer, Dr. Gregory Olsen
Announcement demonstrates public desire for spaceflight and underscores key role commercial activity can play in supporting national exploration goals WASHINGTON, D.C. National Space Society Executive Director George Whitesides issued the […]
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Space Adventures Announces American Entrepreneur As Next Private Space Explorer
Space Adventures®, Ltd., the world’s leading space experiences company, announced today that American technology entrepreneur Gregory Olsen, Ph.D. will be the next private space explorer client. The company which organized the space […]
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Orbital Recovery Gives Go-ahead for its ConeXpress Space Tug; Production to Start in September, First Launch Planned in 2007
Paris, France; London, England; Leiden, Holland, March 29, 2004 — Orbital Recovery Ltd. has formally initiated the development of its ConeXpress ORS space tug in a program leading to the […]
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NASA’s JPL lands dual honors at 20th National Space Symposium
The Space Foundation announced today that a stellar team from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will accept the first Jack Swigert Award for Space Exploration at the 20th National […]
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DigitalGlobe Unveils Plans for Next-Generation Spacecraft Constellation – Agile, High-Flying WorldView Imaging System Offers Unprecedented Resolution
DigitalGlobe(R) today unveiled details of the company’s next-generation imaging satellite, WorldView. The new satellite, set to launch no later than 2006, will be the world’s highest resolution commercial imaging satellite […]
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European Parliamentarian McNally urges support for space
Eryl McNally is a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the European Commission-led ‘Group of Personalities’ looking at security-related research. Speaking at a recent meeting in Belgium, […]
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CARMA Groundbreaking Set for March 27
PASADENA, Calif.-Groundbreaking for the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy (CARMA) facility is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, at Cedar Flat in the Inyo Mountains near […]
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NASA Chemist’s Research Gains International Attention
Expertise in high-performance materials led to recent publication in several well-regarded technical journals for Dr. Martha Williams, a polymer research chemist at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The original research team […]
