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AerospaceSuccessful launch, Cygnus finally en route for the Space Station (VIDEO)
Wallops, USA - Docking with the orbiting laboratory expected on Sunday
NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences Corporation launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard the Antares rocket at 1:07 pm EST (6:07 GMT/UTC) Thursday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad... more
AerospaceCygnus: new launch attempt scheduled for today
Wallops, USA - Risks considered "Within acceptable limits"
Orbital Sciences Corporation has confirmed it will proceed with a launch attempt from American space agency NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. at 1:07 pm EST (5:07 pm GMT/UTC)... more
AerospaceCygnus' launch postponed again due to the solar activity
Wallops, USA - Liftoff maybe rescheduled for Thursday 9
Today, Wednesday 8 December 2014, in the morning Orbital Sciences Corp. decided to scrub the launch attempt of the Antares rocket and the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the company's first resupply mission... more
AerospaceCygnus launch postponed by one day (VIDEO)
Wallops, USA - Low temperatures and likely precipitation cause a new delay
The International Space Station Program and Orbital Sciences Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the Antares rocket and its Cygnus cargo craft on the first Orbital commercial resupply mission... more
AerospaceLaunch of the Cygnus spacecraft scheduled on January 7
Wallops, USA - The liftoff had been delayed due to the glitch aborad the Space Station
The launch of an Antares rocket carrying Orbital’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft has been rescheudled to occur on January 7 at 1:55 pm local time (6:55 pm GMT/UTC) from Pad-0A at the Mid-Atlantic R... more
AerospaceISS: new water leak in an astronaut's suit, but the faulty pump was removed (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - According to NASA, the issue is not related to what occurred to Parmitano in July
American space agency NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins completed a 5 hour and 28 minute spacewalk Saturday to remove a faulty ammonia pump on the International Space Station. A second... more
AerospaceDetails revealed for the spacewalks needed to repair ISS' glitch
Houston, USA - Mastracchio and Hopkins will replace the malfunctioning pump, Wakata will operate the Station's robotic arm
Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins of the American space agency NASA and their Japanese colleague Koichi Wakata are reviewing the procedures for the spacewalks of the next few days. Mastracchio... more
AerospaceESA: Gaia mission began, the Italian contribution is considerable
Kourou, French Guiana - The satellite launched successfully from Kourou and it will create the most accurate map yet of the Milky Way
"ESA’s Gaia mission blasted off this morning on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its exciting mission to study a billion suns. Gaia is destined to create the mos... more
AerospaceAstronauts on the ISS ready for their spacewalks
Houston, USA - The Antares rocket and the Cygnus spacecraft return into the hangar, waiting for their launch in January
Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins continue preparing for a series of spacewalks to remove a failed pump module in one of the two cooling loops of the ISS and install a spare pump module.... more
AerospaceISS: spacewalks set, Cygnus launch postponed
Houston, USA - Three extra-vehicular activities on December 21, 23 and 25
NASA managers are postponing the upcoming Orbital Sciences commercial cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station to proceed with a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty pump module inside... more
AerospaceSpace Station: NASA still unable to fix the glitch
Houston, USA - Cygnus' Thursday launch still in doubt
NASA managers are evaluating whether to go for a December 19 launch of Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial resupply craft or move ahead with a series of spacewalks to repair a pump that is part of a c... more
AerospaceISS: spacewalks to fix cooling system malfunctioning still possible
Houston, USA - Cygnus' launch still scheduled on Thursday 19
The engineers of the American space agency NASA are contining with their efforts to regulate temperatures in one of two cooling loops on the International Space Station affected by the malfunction last... more
AerospaceSpace Station's issues might delay the launch of the Cygnus
Houston, USA - The crew is regularly going on with science activities
In these hours the International Space Station’s Expedition 38 crew is working with the team on the ground to deal with a malfunction that occurred Wednesday 11 December on one of the station’s two ext... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: cooling system shuts down
Houston, USA - According to NASA the crew is not in danger
On Wednesday 11 December, the pump module on one of the space station’s two external cooling loops automatically shut down when it reached pre-set temperature limits. These loops circulate ammonia outside t... more
AerospaceSSTL selected for first private Mars mission
Guilford, UK - The study will provide the technical specifications for a communications satellite that will be launched in 2018
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the privately funded project to establish a human... more
AerospaceNASA: Orion spacecraft's heat shield arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral, USA - The component, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, is the largest of its kind ever built
The Orion spacecraft's heat shield arrived at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the past hours, aboard the American space agency's Super Guppy aircraft. The heat shield, the largest... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: "Futura" is the name of Samantha Cristoforetti mission
Rome, Italy - The contest begins to draw the Italian logo
The ISS 42/43 space mission of the seventh Italian astronaut and first Italian woman in space, Samantha Cristoforetti, has been named: it will be "Futura". The name has been chosen following to a call... more
AerospaceNASA's partner Blue Origin performs first firing of its new rocket engine (VIDEO)
Van Horn, USA - A 110,000-lbf thrust was generated
NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled engine designed to lift the Kent, Washington-based company's crewed Space Vehicle on future missions... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: new industrial site in L'Aquila inaugurated
L'Aquila, Italy - Just two years after the laying of the first stone, the new plant is already operational
Thales Alenia Space today inaugurated the new industrial complex in L’Aquila, completely rebuilt after the company’s historic establishment was declared unfit for occupancy due to the serious damage suf... more
AerospaceSpace data and terrestrial measures together to understand better the volcanoes
Rome, Italy - Used for the first time satellite data and land measures to highlight possible recovery of magma, indicator of eruptive activity to Etna
The joint use of satellite data and measures at ground helps to stress the possible return of lava previous the recovery of the eruptive activity to Etna. It is reported by a study created by the fruitful... more
AerospaceFalcon 9 rocket: third launch attempt to be performed today
Cape Canaveral , USA - The vehicle of SpaceX will carry into orbit the satellite SES-8
The third attempt of laucnhing SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket which carries on board a SES-8 telecommunication satellite will be performed today, Monday 2 December 2013, from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral... more
AerospaceNASA completes delivery to Japan of a new international satellite
Kitakyushu , Japan - Launch scheduled in early 2014
An international satellite that will set a new standard for global precipitation measurements from space has completed a 7,300-mile (almost 12,000 km) journey from the United States to Japan, on board... more
AerospaceESA, Thales and the EC present Sentinel-1, the first satellite of the Copernicus programme
Rome, Italy - It will be launched in 2014
On Friday 22 November 2013 the European SPace Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia SPace presented to journalists the satellite Sentinel-1A, which will be launched in 2014 from the European Spaceport in Kourou,... more
AerospaceLADEE probe ready to start sending data of Lunar atmosphere
Washington, USA - For about 100 days, the spacecraft will perform two orbits per hour around our satellite
American space agency NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is ready to begin collecting science data about the moon. On November 20, the spacecraft successfully entered its... more
AerospaceNASA: 15 years of the ISS (International Space Station)
Washington, Usa - World cooperation since 1998 to date with ESA and ASI (Italian Space Agency)
Nov. 20, 1998, was a day to mark in history. The Russian Space Agency, now known as Roscosmos, launched a Proton rocket that lifted the pressurized module called Zarya, or "Sunrise", into orbit. This launch... more
AerospaceNASA requests proposals for the transportation of astronauts to the International Space Station
Washington, USA - The contracts will be awarded by September 2014
US' space agency NASA is taking further steps to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from United States soil to the International Space Station by the end of 2017, subject to the availability... more
AerospaceNASA's MAVEN mission started. The spacecraft is en route to Mars (VIDEO)
Cape Canaveral, USA - The journey to the Red Planet will last 10 months
American space agency NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission began with a smooth countdown and flawless launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41. The... more
AerospaceMAVEN mission ready for launch: NASA is once again en route to Mars (VIDEO)
Cape Canaveral, USA - Liftoff scheduled at 6:28 pm GMT/UTC today
MAVEN’s launch team began today’s countdown for the departure of the spacecraft on board of an Atlats V-401 rocket: the liftoff is scheduled at 6:28 om GMT/UTC (1:28 pm local time at Florida's Cape Can... more
AerospaceNASA to say goodbye to Russian transport services by 2017
Washington, USA - "We’ve ended the outsourcing of space station resupply work", Administrator Charles Bolden claims
Charles Bolden, administrator of the American space agency NASA, hailed the success of the public-private partnership with American companies to resupply the International Space Station and announced the... more
AerospaceExpedition 37 crew members are back on Earth, mission accomplsihed (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - The Soyuz landed in Kazakshatn this morning
Three Expedition 37 crew members have landed after 166 days in space, completing a 70.3 million mile mission spanning more than 2600 orbits of the Earth since their launch to the International Space Station... more
AerospaceThe Space Station is really crowded (2): three new crew members arrived today (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakistan - During the next four days the orbiting laboratory will be home for nine astrinauts
The three new crew members of Expedition 38 arrived at the International Space Station: the hatches of the spacecraft and of the orbiting laboratory were opened at 12:44 pm GMT/UTC on Thursday 7 November... more
AerospaceThree new astronauts on their way to the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakistan - Docking with the orbiting laboratory scheduled at about 10:31 am GMT/UTC, hacthes to be opened two hours later
A new trio of Expedition 38 flight engineers lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 4:14 am GMT/UTC on Thursday 7 November 2013 aboard a Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft. They are on a trip to... more
AerospaceItalian ASI and French CNES sign cooperation agreement on experiments for ESA’s BepiColombo mission
Paris, France - Pursuing their longstanding and very complementary partnership
Pursuing their longstanding and very complementary partnership, ASI and CNES have signed an agreement to supply the French PHEBUS instrument (Probing Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopy) and... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: new crew members to depart in the next few hours
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - For the first time since 2009 nine astronauts will be aboard of the orbiting laboratory
The departure of the new crew members of the International Space Station is scheduled in the next few hours. American space agency NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Parmitano launches "Call for ideas" for name of mission by the Italian first astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti
Rome, Italy - Within November 22; on the website all the elements to participate
Italian Space Agency (ASI), ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Air Force launch the "Call for ideas" "Give a name to the mission by Samantha Cristoforetti". The initiative's aim is to invite the... more
AerospaceIndian Mars mission is ready for launch
Sriharikota , India - The journey to the Red Planet will last 300 days
The countdown for the launch of Mangalyaan, the Indian satellite which will fly to Mars, is close to reach its end: the spacecraft will depart tomorrow, Tuesday 5 November 2013, from Sriharikota base,... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: great manoeuvres in view for the new crew
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Mastracchio, Tyurin and Wakata ready to reach the orbiting laboratory
Preparations are ongoing onboard of the International Space Station for the crew shifts: tomorrow, November 1 2013, Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)... more
AerospaceFirst test flight for the DreamChaser is successful, at least until landing (VIDEO)
Sparks, USA - The undercarriage of the spacecraft failed to deploy properly, but Sierra Neveda Corporation's engineers are however satisfied
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) performed its first free-flight approach-and-landing test of the Dream Chaser spacecraft. The unmanned vehicle successfully released from its carrier aircraft, an Erickson... more
AerospaceNASA: Orion spacecraft succesfully powered on for the first time
Cape Canaveral, USA - First launch scheduled in autumn 2014
American space agency NASA's spacecraft Orion has been powered on for the first time, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight. Orion's avionics system was installed on... more
AerospaceItalian CIRA. The RAID project will begin tomorrow
Capua, Italy - The Aerospace Researches Center participates as coordinator
The RAID "Rpas in Atm Integration Demonstration" project will start tomorrow, on October 29, 2013 at CIRA (Italian Aerospace Researches Center). RAID is one of the eight plans that SESAR Joint Undertaking,... more
AerospaceSpaceX completes Dragon spacecraft's in-flight abort test review
Washington, USA - "When you put humans aboard, safety and reliability are paramount"
In preparation for a Summer 2014 test, American space agency NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) laid out its plan to demonstrate the Dragon spacecraft's ability to carry astronauts to... more
AerospaceESA: last command sent to Planck space telescope
Darmstadt, Germany - After over four years
ESA’s Planck space telescope has been turned off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of stars and galaxies throughout the Universe’s history.... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: Cygnus spacecraft successfully released (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - It will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere today
The Canadarm2 released Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial craft at 11:31 am GMT/UTC on Tuesday 22 October 2013, after three weeks at the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano a... more
AerospaceNASA: 29-satellite launch delayed because of the shutdown
Wallops Island, USA - Initially scheduled on November 4, the liftoff of the Minotaur 1 rocket will probably take place on Nov. 19
The shutdown of the Government of the United States, which entered into effect in the evening of September 30, 2013 because of the Congress' failure to agree on a federal budget for fiscal year 2014, and... more
AerospaceItalian CIRA signed agreement with SIMEST to acquire Aspen Avionics' shares
Capua, Italy - The overall investment is about EUR 3 million
CIRA (the Italian Aerospace Researches Center) and SIMEST, the holding company of public-private development participated by Cassa depositi e prestiti, signed today a contract for underwriting an increase... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: preparations ongoing for the undocking of the Cygnus and ATV-4 spacecraft
Houston, USA - The first departure from the orbiting laboratory is scheduled on Tuesday at 11:30 am GMT/UTC
The preparations for the departure from the International Space Station of the Cygnus and ATV-4 spacecraft are ongoing. Cygnus, the newest US commercial cargo spacecraft to dock to the orbiting laboratory... more
AerospaceUS government's shutdown: NASA organizes itself to face the crisis
Washington, USA - Operations and personnel needed to protect life and property will not be involved
Starting from the evening of Monday 30 September 2013 the shutdown of the US' government has been made effective, because of the Congress' failure to agree on a federal budget for fiscal year 2014. Consequently,... more
AerospaceCygnus successfully docks with the International Space Station
Houston, USA - The hatches will be opened today
A week after its original approach date, Orbital Sciences’ commercial cargo craft Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station. The Expedition 37 crew captured Cygnus with the Canadarm2 at 7 a... more
AerospaceNew members of Expedition 37 arrive on board of the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - They will return on Earth in March 2014
New Expedition 37 crew members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy were welcomed aboard the International Space Station Thursday at 4:34 am GMT/UTC. They docked to the Poisk mini-research module... more
AerospaceSatellite. Italian ASI signed a partnership agreement with Chinese CNSA
Beijing, China - To bring the Italian science aboard a Chinese satellite
Today the Italian Space Agency and the China National Space Administration signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing: the Memorandum of Understanding has the aim to host an italian... more