India ends plans to cooperate with Russia on lunar mission Posted: Fri, Aug 16 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT) An Indian official said this week that India was ending plans to cooperate with Russia on a planned lunar lander mission. The two countries had... Proton to return to flight next month Posted: Thu, Aug 15 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT) The Proton rocket will launch a commercial satellite in mid-September on its first launch since a dramatic launch failure last month. International Launch Services (... Air Force to shut down space fence Posted: Wed, Aug 14 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT) The US Air Force confirmed this week that it plans to shut down a network of radars that track space objects, raising concerns about increased... ATK joins Stratolaunch project Posted: Tue, Aug 13 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT) ATK announced Tuesday that it has won a contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide rocket motors for an ambitious air-launch system. ATK will... Veteran NASA astronaut Foale retires Posted: Tue, Aug 13 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT) Michael Foale, a British-born NASA astronaut, is leaving the space agency after 30 years there, NASA announced. Foale joined NASA in 1983, working at... Astronomers set new mark for smallest directly-imaged exoplanet Posted: Sun, Aug 11 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT) Astronomers announced this week the discovery of the smallest extrasolar planet to date directly observed by astronomers, a world four times the mass of Jupiter.... HTV berths with ISS Posted: Sat, Aug 10 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT) A Japanese cargo spacecraft successfully rendezvoused with and berthed to the International Space Station on Friday. The HTV-4 spacecraft arrived in the vicinity of... Report analyzes scientific priorities for Europa lander Posted: Fri, Aug 9 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT) A report by a group of scientists published this week discusses the scientific goals of a future, albeit unfunded, mission to land on Jupiter's... Delta 4 launches WGS-6 communications satellite Posted: Thu, Aug 8 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT) A Delta 4 rocket successfully launched the sixth in a series of communications satellites used by the US military and allied nations. The Delta 4... Proton, Rockot vehicles to return to flight in September Posted: Wed, Aug 7 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT) Two Russian launch vehicles will return to service in September, one after a disastrous launch failure and the other after a partial failure. The head... |
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