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AerospaceBlue Origin and United Launch Alliance will jointly develop a new rocket engine
Washington, USA - BE-4 could replace Russian RD-180 on Atlas V missiles
Blue Origin, company created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, signed a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA, Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint-venture) to develop the rocket engine BE-4. The agreement allows... more
AerospaceNASA commits astronauts transport to two private industries
Washington, USA - Thanks to the contract with Boeing and SpaceX, the American space agency will no more be dependent on Russia for this service
NASA will transport crew on the International Space Station using American spacecraft once again from 2017. The agency’s sole reliance on Russia (that began with the Space Shuttle’s retirement in 2011) wil... more
AerospaceESA. "J" marks the spot for Rosetta's lander
Paris, France - The press conference at the European Space Agency took place in Paris
Rosetta's lander Philae will target Site J, an intriguing region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that offers unique scientific potential, with hints of activity nearby, and minimum risk to the lander... more
AerospaceArianespace: Ariane 5 delivers MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 into orbit (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guyana - On its 61st consecutive successful mission
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launcher logged another heavy-lift mission achievement, orbiting commercial telecommunications payloads yesterday for leading Asia-Pacific operators MEASAT and Optus on Flight V... more
Aerospace"Sapienza" University in Rome: a balloon to study galaxies
Rome, Italy - A team created a telemetric system and control the flight. The data will be used by Olympus
A new telemetry system and control of the stratospheric flight has been tested in space context by a team of the "Sapienza". The tool, launched last August 17 in the Arctic (from Longyearbyen, Svalbard... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency (ASI): Cosmo-SkyMed activated to analyze the earthquake in California
Rome, Italy - The data obtained by the Italian satellite system are giving important information to study the quake that hit the Napa Valley last August 24
The Cosmo-SkyMed (CSM) constellation has been planned, starting from last August 26, to acquire data on the area of the Napa Valley, in California, hit last August 24 by an earthquake of a magnitude of... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space-Italian ASI: contract signed for continuation of COSMO-SkyMed II Generation activity
Rome, Italy - Worth EUR 66 million
Thales Alenia Space announced today to have signed with ASI (Italian Space Agency) an agreement, worth EUR 66 million, for continuation of the activities by COSMO-SkyMed II Generation. In particular,... more
AerospaceRosetta (2). Thales Alenia Space's contribution: assembly, integration and test for the European spacecraft
Rome, Italy - It is the first mission realized to study in situ the nucleus of a comet
Rosetta, the spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) integrated by Thales Alenia Space and launched on March 2, 2004 to the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, is ready to reach its target. The spacecraft... more
AerospaceEuropean Space Agency: Rosetta's comet rendezvous, where it will leave the Philae lander (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - After a decade-long journey through space
On 6 August, after a decade-long journey through space, ESA’s Rosetta will become the first spacecraft in history to rendezvous with a comet. Since its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, Fre... more
AerospaceAerospace: conference on aviation, drone aircraft and space tourism on October in Naples
Rome, Italy - New job opportunities for young people
"To create job opportunities through aerospace" is the title of the international conference that will take place on October 22 and 23 in Naples, in the context of the Italian six month period of the presidency... more
AerospaceTelespazio and DLR confirm responsibility for Galileo operations
Rome, Italy - The programme financd by the EU, mandated by the EC and implemented by ESA
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Telespazio reconfirmed their cooperation for the operation of the European satellite navigation programme Galileo. The... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: the fifth ATV was succcessfully launched (2)
Cannes, France - The industry supplied the ICC for all ATV cargo vessels
The European Space Agency’s fifth and last ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) was successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Thales Alenia Space supplied the I... more
AerospaceESA: last ATV lifts off to supply the Space Station (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guyana - Named after the Belgian scientist who formulated the Big Bang Theory, ATV "Georges Lemaître"
The fifth and final mission of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle got off to a flying start today with its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, heading for the International Space Sta... more
AerospaceUnited Kingdom invests in aerospace sector
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Deputy Prime Minister has announced it at "Farnborough International Show"
"I'm pleased to announce that we are investing 54 million Pounds in research projects to explore new technologies", the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced today in the occasion of his visit... more
AerospaceRussia and China agreed on the implementation of two Glonass stations
Moscow , Russia - Under the agreement they will be placed China
Russian non-profit company Glonass and Chinese satellite navigation office agreed on implementing pilot projects in the field of flight safety and safety of navigation. According to Glonass' Vice-President... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: second batch of four O3b satellites successfully launched
Rome, Italy - It is prime-contractor for the 12 satellites
The second four satellites in the O3b medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, operated by O3b Networks, have been successfully launched by Arianespace from French Guiana using a Soyouz rocket. The first... more
AerospaceRussia: Angara carrier rocket successfully completed its first suborbital test flight (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - A project that will reduce Russian control on Baikonur Cosmodrome and on Ukrainian Zenit
It was launched yesterday by Plesetsk Space Centre, in the north of the country, and after a flight of 20 minutes carrying on a fictitious useful load, it grounded on Kamchatka peninsula 5,700 kilometers... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Happy birthday Cassini; the mission celebrates 10 years today
Rome, Italy - The Italian Space Agency is one of the partner with NASA and ESA
The Cassini probe departed ten years ago from the Earth to overfly the ice rings of Saturn and then to land on its surface: thanks to this mission, a joint project of NASA, ESA and ASI, hundreds of gigabytes... more
AerospaceNASA is working again on travels aboard supersonic aircraft
Washington, USA - The agency will try to reduce the sonic booms
The return of supersonic passenger travel may be coming closer to reality thanks to NASA’s efforts to define a new standard for low sonic booms. Several aeronautics researchers of the American space a... more
AerospaceThe IDEAS+ consortium, headed by Telespazio Vega UK, wins contract with ESA
London, UK - To deliver support services to Earth Observation missions
Telespazio VEGA UK, together with the international consortium IDEAS+, has been awarded a contract to monitor the quality of Earth Observation (EO) data from European Space Agency (ESA) satellites and... more
AerospaceAirbus Group and Safran to join forces in launcher activities
Paris, France - Both companies have agreed to create a 50-50 Joint-Venture
Airbus Group and Safran are further strengthening their relationship to propose a new family of competitive, versatile and efficient space launchers, to serve both commercial and institutional needs. In... more
AerospaceNASA: Orion capsule enters its final assembly phase
Cape Canaveral, USA - The first test of the spacecraft to be performed by this year
With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft continues taking shape at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers began stacking the crew module on top o... more
AerospaceLDSD: too much wind at Hawaii, launch of the "Flying saucer" maybe on Wednesday 11
Kauai, USA - The decision to be taken during the upcoming hours
NASA has once again postopned the launch of its LDSD (Low Density Supersonic Decelerator) test vehicle because of adverse weather conditions. Winds at the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space expands presence in UK with acquisition of ta Cohort plc subsidiary
Rome, Italy - TAS UK has recently opened their new offices in Harwell, Oxfordshire
Thales Alenia Space announced today the completion of the acquisition of the space activities of Bristol-based SEA, part of Cohort plc. This acquisition will reinforce the perimeter of its new subsidiary... more
AerospaceNASA postpones once again the departure of its "Flying saucer"
Kauai, USA - New opportunity on June 7
NASA has once again decided to postpone the launch of its LDSD (Low Density Supersonic Decelerator) test vehicle because of adverse weather conditions. The departure of the flying saucer-shaped for... more
AerospaceFirst launch of NASA's flight saucer postponed (VIDEO)
Kauai, USA - New opportunity on June 5
NASA, the American space agency, decided to postpone the launch of its LDSD (Low Density Supersonic Decelerator) test vehicle, which was initially scheduled for today, Tuesday 3 June 2014, because of adverse... more
AerospaceASI: French-Italian space cooperation
Rome, Italy - Meeting at the University of "La Sapienza" with the two agencies and a bilateral between the two presidents
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met Roberto Battiston, President of ASI, the Italian space agency, on Friday 30 May in Rome on the occasion of a conference organized by the University of "La Sapienza",... more
AerospaceSpaceX presents the Dragon V2, the spacecraft for the future of US' space travels (VIDEO)
Hawthorne, USA - "It's all around I think a big leap forward in technology", the CEO of the California-based claims
SpaceX has officially unvieled its new Drafon V2 spacecraft, a vehicle which is expected to represent the future of space travels for the United States. The DRagon V2 is indeed the first American spacecraft... more
AerospaceNew crew of Expedition 40 arrives aboard the ISS (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - The docking with the orbiting laboratory occurred at 2:44 am GMT/UTC
Three new Expedition 40 crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station when the hatches between their Soyuz spacecraft and the station were opened at 4:52 am GMT/UTC on Thursday 29 May... more
AerospaceISS: new members of Expedition 40 to depart today
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - The liftoff is scheduled at 8:57 pm GMT/UTC
During the next hours the crew of the ISS will return to have six members, as usual: NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, cosmonaut Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency and German astronaut Alexander... more
AerospaceMeeting between Deputy Prime Ministers: is a space agreement arriving for Russia and China?
Novosibirsk , Russia - During the past days Rogozin announced the possible conclusion of the partnership with the USA
During the past weeks a lot of attention was attracted by the declarations released by Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, who had explained that Moscow might stop its partnership... more
AerospaceNASA begins construction of its next Mars-bound lander (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - InSight will start its journey to the Red Planet in March 2016
American space agency NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review. The Interior... more
AerospaceSpaceX's Dragon returns on Earth with almost 1600 kg of cargo (VIDEO)
Baja California, USA - The spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, off the shores of California
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 3:05 pm EDT on Sunday 18 May (8:05 pm GMT/UTC), in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 300 miles (480 km) west of Baja California, returning more than 3500... more
AerospaceEverything is ready for the return of the SpaceX Dragon
Houston, USA - The spacecraft will be undocked from the space station on Sunday, and will eventually re-enter in the Pacific Ocean
Everything is ready aboard the International Space Station for the departure of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which will leave the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, May 18 and will eventually splashdown in... more
AerospaceRussia to stop rides to the Space Station for US' astronauts?
Moscow, Russia - According to Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin, Moscow does not mean to continue its cooperation with Washington after 2020
The tension between United States and Russian Federation because of the Ukrainian crisis has reached orbit, putting at risk the collaboration between the two countries in the International Space Station. Russian... more
AerospaceISS: Expedition 39 members are back on Earth (VIDEO)
Dzhezkazgan , Kazakhstan - Landing in Kazakhstan at 3:58 am
Three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth tonight after 188 days in space, during which they orbited Earth more than 3,000 times and traveled almost 79.8 million miles. Expedition... more
AerospaceISS: astronauts are ready to return on Earth
Houston, USA - Undocking of the Soyuz scheduled for tomorrow's evening
Three crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end more than six months on the orbiting laboratory: Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration... more
AerospaceNASA starts flight tests for the development of alternative aircraft fuel
Palmdale, USA - The DC-8 of the space agency will be utilized to assess various blends
Together with its international partners the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the American space agency NASA this week started a series of flight tests, which... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: successful launch of KazSat3 and Loutch-5V satellites
Rome, Italy - The first will be operated by Kazakhstan, while the second by Roscomos
The KazSat3 and Loutch-5V communications satellites, were successfully launched yesterday by a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. KazSat3 will be operated by Kazakhstan, while Loutch... more
AerospaceSpaceX starts legal action against US government over ULA's uncompeted launch contract
Hawthorne, USA - "They are insanely expensive", the CEO of the California-based company explains
SpaceX announced it has started a legal action against the US government over the contract signed by the US Air Force with United Launch Alliance, a joint-venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which guarantees... more
AerospaceISS: spacewalk to be performed today to replace a faulty component
Houston, USA - Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio to begin the extra-vehicular activity at 2:20 pm GMT/UTC
The astronauts of Expedition 39 is finalizing preparations for a 2.5-hour spacewalk scheduled to begin at 9:20 am EDT (2:20 pm GMT/UTC) on Wednesday 23 April. The station crew is also getting ready to... more
AerospaceEverything is ready for the launch of the SpaceX Dragon, but weather forecasts are not favourable
Cape Canaveral, USA - Liftoff scheduled at 21:25
SpaceX and the American space agency NASA are preparing to launch the third resupply mission of the California-based company to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft... more
AerospaceISS: SpaceX Dragon's launch scheduled for Friday 18, spacewalk for Wednesday 23
Houston, USA - Extra-vehicular activity needed to replace a faulty MDM system
The American space agency NASA and SpaceX are targeting a 3:25 pm EDT (8:25 pm GMT/UTC) launch on Friday, April 18, of SpaceX's third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape... more
AerospaceNASA and SpaceX ink agreement for the use of the historical launch pad of the Apollo missions
Cape Canaveral, USA - The California-based company will operate the facility at its own expense
NASA Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A, the site from which numerous Apollo and space shuttle missions started, is beginning a new mission as a commercial launch site. The American... more
AerospaceLaunch of the Dragon spacecraft postponed again for a technical glitch
Cape Canaveral, USA - New opportunity on Friday 18 April
Monday's launch attempt of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, loaded with nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station’s Expedition 39 crew, was scrubbed due to a helium leak on the F... more
AerospaceSpaceX Dragon: today's launch still on schedule in spite of computer glitch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Liftoff scheduled at 9:58 pom GMT/UTC
International Space Station Program officials and representatives of SpaceX agreed to proceed with Monday’s scheduled launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon cargo craft on the company’s thi... more
AerospaceNASA inks agreements with German and Canadian partners to study alternative aircraft fuels
Houston, USA - The first tests to start in May
American space agency NASA has signed two separate agreements with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a series of joint flight tests to study... more
AerospaceThe ISS Progress 55 docks with the Space Station (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - Launch of SpaceX's Dragon is scheduled on Monday
An express cargo delivery has docked to the International Space Station after just four orbits at 10:14 pm GMT/UTC Wednesday 9 APril 2014. Nearly 3 tons of food, fuel and gear to replenish Expedition 39... more
AerospaceSpace Station: undocking of the ISS Progress 54 successfully concluded (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - Launch of the next cargo spacecraft to be performed tomorrow
A Russian space freighter filled with trash departed the International Space Station on time Monday at 2:58 pm GMT/UTC. The ISS Progress 54 will orbit Earth 11 days for engineering tests before finally... more
AerospaceSpace Station: everything is ready for the undocking of the ISS Progress 54
Houston, USA - The spacecraft will perform 11 days of tests before its destructive re-entry in the Earth's atmosphere
Eveything is ready aboard the International Space Station for the undocking of the ISS Progress 54: the spacecraft delivered 2.8 tons of supplies for the crew of the orbiting laboratory when it docked... more