WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – Four NASA suborbital sounding rockets carrying experiments to take measurements in the ionosphere will be launched between July 5 and 23 (including weekends) from NASA’s Launch […]
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Payload Contains First Operational Satellite to Support Combatant Command Operations TASC, Inc. provided independent mission assurance for the successful June 29 launch of a Minotaur I rocket from NASA’s Wallops […]
Rocket Launch Completed From NASA Wallops
A U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space Office’s ORS-1 satellite was successfully launched at 11:09 p.m. EDT yesterday from NASA’s Launch Range […]
Lockheed Martin Team Completes GeoEye-2 Design Phase Early
Next-Generation Earth Imaging Satellite Shifts to Production The Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) team developing GeoEye’s (NASDAQ:GEOY) next-generation, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed the Space System Critical Design […]
Test Stand Fire Threatens Taurus 2 Launch Schedule
WASHINGTON — An Aerojet AJ-26 main engine undergoing acceptance testing for the inaugural flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Taurus 2 rocket was badly damaged June 9 when a metal fuel line ruptured, causing the engine and test stand to catch fire, according to an industry source with knowledge of the mishap.
Astrium and EADS Innovation Works Partner with Dassault Systmes to Design the Future of Space Vehicles
Dassault Systmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced today a joint project with Astrium, Europes number one space company, and […]
$250,000 Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization Honors Elon Musk
Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust announced today that the second-ever Heinlein Prize will go to Elon Musk, founder, CEO and CTO of Space Exploration Technologies […]
Accreditation Requests Being Accepted for ORS-1 Satellite Launch at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA. – An U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense’s Operationally Responsive Space office’s ORS-1 satellite is scheduled for launch June 28 from NASA’s […]
Students And Educators Attending NASA’s Rocket University
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will become Rocket University June 18 – 25 as nearly 125 high school educators and university students and instructors spend the week […]
NASA Sounding Rocket Tests New Technology
A cheap-to-build microsatellite platform and a host of other technologies aimed at bringing down launch costs were test flown June 10 aboard a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket lifting off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.