While the ultimate field trip might someday be an actual journey to Mars, Boynton Beach Community High School students are taking the next best thing. NASA is giving teams from […]
Humanity’s First Starship Brings Science Fiction into Science Reality
WHEN: Tuesday, July 29th, 2003 – (9:30a.m. Start Time) WHERE: L’Garde Inc., 15181 Woodlawn Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780 On July 29th, at L’Garde, Inc. (Tustin, CA), Team Encounter, LLC will […]
Cosmos 1 Update: Hardware Continues to Pass Tests
by Project Director Louis Friedman This past month, the first two stages of the Volna launch vehicle passed their re-qualification tests with our solar sail spacecraft. At the Makeev Rocket […]
Golden legacy from ESA’s observatory
Scientists are celebrating the thousandth scientific publication from ESA’s Infrared Space Observatory. ISO is fast becoming one of the world’s most productive space missions, even though its operational life ended […]
NASA Awards ILS and Atlas V Mission to Pluto in 2006
NASA has chosen the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket, offered by International Launch Services (ILS), to launch the Pluto New Horizons mission in January 2006. The mission as proposed is […]
NASA Joins Partners to Unveil Climate Change Initiatives
NASA officials will join Department of Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to unveil the Administration’s strategic plan on long-term global climate variability and change […]
Orbital Provides Gyroless Flight Software for FUSE Spacecraft
Company Supports Extended Lifetime of the FUSE Mission with Enhanced Command and Control Software Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has completed the in-orbit delivery and initial […]
Northrop Grumman Completes Acquisition of XonTech, Boosting Missile Defense Capabilities
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that it has completed its acquisition of XonTech, a Van Nuys, Calif.-based science and technology firm specializing in missile defense, and sensor and intelligence data […]
Major In-Orbit Milestone for Dynacon’s MOST Microsatellite
Dynacon Inc. today announced that a major milestone in the commissioning of the MOST microsatellite was achieved today, with the successful detumbling of the satellite. MOST was launched on June […]
INSAT-3E Transported to Kourou – Launch by August End
ISRO’s latest communication satellite, INSAT-3E, has been transported to Kourou in French Guyana for its launch on board the European Ariane launch vehicle by the end of August 2003. The […]