British company announced crowdfunded lunar mission plan Posted: Thu, Nov 20 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT) A British company announced plans Wednesday to raise nearly $1 million through a crowdfunding campaign in the next month in the first phase of a... ATK and Orbital postpone vote to approve merger Posted: Thu, Nov 20 8:03 AM ET (1303 GMT) ATK and Orbital Sciences Corp. announced this week that they have pushed back shareholder votes on their planned merger until late January in response to... Russia considering new space station Posted: Tue, Nov 18 9:50 AM ET (1450 GMT) Russian media reported Monday that Russia was considering the development of its own space station and could withdraw from the International Space Station after 2020.... Philae drains battery, enters hibernation Posted: Sat, Nov 15 11:42 AM ET (1642 GMT) ESA's Philae lander stopped transmitting early Saturday as the spacecraft, located in a shadowed region of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, exhausted its batteries. ESA... China launches imaging satellite Posted: Sat, Nov 15 11:31 AM ET (1631 GMT) A Long March rocket placed a Chinese Earth imaging satellite into orbit on Saturday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite... Philae spacecraft lands on comet Posted: Thu, Nov 13 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT) A European spacecraft landed on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Wednesday, but bounced at least twice before coming to a rest. The Philae... Orion rolled out to launch pad for December test flight Posted: Wed, Nov 12 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT) After a one-day delay because of weather, an Orion spacecraft rolled out to its launch pad late Tuesday night as it prepares for a... Philae lander released from Rosetta Posted: Wed, Nov 12 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT) ESA's Philae lander spacecraft has separated from the Rosetta orbiter en route to a landing on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko later... NASA and Google reach lease deal for Moffett Field Posted: Tue, Nov 11 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT) NASA announced Monday that it has signed a lease with a subsidiary of Google to take over management of a federal airfield adjacent to NASA'... Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers to Earth Posted: Mon, Nov 10 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft carrying International Space Station crewmembers from Germany, Russia, and the United States undocked from the ISS and landed late Sunday. The Soyuz... |
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