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AerospaceNew crew of the International Space Station leaving today (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Liftoff scheduled at 8:58 pm GMT/UTC
Today, September 25, 2013, the three new crew members of Expedition 37/38 will depart, bound for the International Space Station: Michael Hopkins of the American space agency NASA and Oleg Kotov and Sergey... more
Aerospace"IAC 2013", Chinese vice-president: "It would be a blessing for mankind if space technologies are used for peace"
Beijing, China - The event will end on September 27
The 64th edition of the "International Aeronautical Congress" ("IAC 2013") opened its doors yesterday, September 23, 2013, and will end on September 27. The slogan of the event is "Promoting space development... more
AerospaceCygnus spacecraft approach to the International Space Station postponed
Houston, USA - The operation will be performed no earlier than Saturday
Managers from Orbital Sciences and American space agency NASA decided to postpone the approach, rendezvous, grapple and berthing operations of Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft with the International Space... more
AerospaceBoeing completes tests of the thrusters for the CST-100 spacecraft
Las Cruces, USA - Each one generates a power of 1500 lbf
Boeing made an important step towards the liftoff of its CST-100 spacecraft (Crew Space Transportation), after the completion of several tests firings of its steering jets at White Sands Space Harbor in... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency at the 64th edition "IAC" in China (September 23-27)
Beijing, China - "Promoting Space Development for the Benefit of Mankind” will be the main congress theme
The "64th International Astronautical Congress" will take place in Beijing, China, between 23-27 September 2013 at the China National Convention Center. "Promoting Space Development for the Benefit... more
AerospaceAntares successfully launched: Cygnus en route to the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Wallops, USA - After several tests, the arrival at the orbiting laboratory is scheduled on Sunday
American space agency NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., successfully launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 am EDT (14:58 GMT/UTC)... more
AerospaceAntares: departure for the Space Station postponed by one day
Wallops Island, USA - The new launch window will open on Wednesday morning
Orbital Sciences Corporation has postponed by at least 24 hours the launch of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration mission to the International Space Station from American space... more
AerospaceIt is now official: Voyager probe left the Solar System (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - The spacecraft is now about 19 billion km from the Sun
American space agency NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station. Expedition 36 crew members land in Kazakhstan (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Three persons set to remain on board until September 25
Expedition 36 crew members Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin landed in Kazakhstan at 8:58 am local time on Wednesday 11 September (2:58 am GMT/UTC). The trio undocked from the Poisk... more
AerospaceChange of command on board of the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - Members of the Expedition 36 ready to come back on Earth
Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov handed over control of the International Space Station in a traditional Change of Command Ceremony. Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin will take over command and... more
AerospaceASI. Luca Parmitano: the Italian scientific experiments continue with Diapason
Rome, Italy - The astronaut started the first operations for the second test of the Green Air program
The activities regarding the Diapason experiment started: Luca Parmitano began the operating phases of the Italian test, created by the DTM firm in partnership with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the... more
AerospaceLADEE: technical problem solved, the spacecraft is again on its way to the Moon
Wallops, USA - After the launch a glitch of the reaction wheels was reported
The American space agency NASA has confirmed that the reaction wheels of its Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) were successfully brought back on-line and the spacecraft has acquired... more
AerospaceMoon-bound LADEE spacecraft to leave today
Wallops, USA - The launch window will open at 11:27 pm EDT
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0B at American space agency NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island,... more
AerospaceAriane 5 rocket: regular launch from Kourou spaceport (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guiana - Two satellites successfully deployed into their orbit
Ariane 5 carried into orbit the EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT-7 satellites after the liftoff from Kourou Spaceport, French Guiana, for the 57th consecutive success for Arianespace's rocket. Following t... more
AerospaceEverything is ready for the launch of Ariane 5: liftoff scheduled at 10:30 pm today
Kourou, French Guiana - On board there are two communication satellites
Arianespace’s mission with the EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT-7 satellites is on track for liftoff in the evening of today, Thursday 29, 2013, following the workhorse Ariane 5’s rollout to the ELA-3 launc... more
AerospaceNASA tests rocket component manufactured with the 3D-printing technology
Houston, Usa - A record 20,000-lbf thrust was generated
The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component that the American space agency NASA ever has tested blazed to life during an engine firing that generated a record 20,000 pounds of thrust. This test is... more
AerospaceJapan: launch of the Epsilon missile aborted
Tokyo, Japan - Anomaly detected 19 seconds before the liftoff
Today, Tuesday 27 August 2013, Japanese space agency JAXA was forced to cancel the launch of the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) from the Uchinoura Space Center, because an emergency stop alarm... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: photo exhibition on radar satellite technologies searching for new archaeological sites
Rome, Italy - Divided in 15 panels, it is from August 26 to September 2, 2013 at Galleria Agostiniana, in Piazza del Popolo
The Italian radar satellite are engaged not only for searching water on the Mars or for monitoring tragic events but also for protection and preservation of the world archaeological patrimony. The radar... more
AerospaceNASA ready to launch its Moon-bound LADEE spacecraft from Wallops Island
Wallops, USA - The robotic mission is aimed to gather information about the atmosphere of our satellite
The American space agency NASA is making final preparations to launch a probe at 11:27 pm EDT (3:27 am on Saturday 7 GMT/UTC) Friday, September 6, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island,... more
AerospaceNASA is looking for new uses for its historical launch structures
Orlando, USA - The agency wants to transform the Kennedy Space Center into a spaceport for both government and commercial clients
American space agency NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking concepts for the potential use or divestment of three historic launch platforms that are not needed for the agency's current or planned... more
AerospaceJapanese space cargo took off towards International Space Station
Tanegashima, Japan - On board there is also an android
Last Friday AVIONEWS announced the forthcoming launch of the space shuttle H-II Transport Vehicle (HTV) -4 in order to provide food, water, clothing and work supplies to crew members (link). The H-2B... more
AerospaceJapanese cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station is ready for launch
Tanegashima , Japan - Kounotori loaded with 3,5 tonnes of supplies
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch its H-II Transport Vehicle (HTV)-4 at 7:48 pm GMT/UTC Saturday, August 3 (4:48 am Japanese time Sunday, August 4), from the Tanegashima... more
AerospaceNASA closes first review of the concepts for the asteroid retrieval mission
Washington, USA - Commission evaluates technical and programmatic aspects
The American space agency NASA has completed the first step toward a mission to find and capture a near-Earth asteroid, redirect it to a stable lunar orbit and send humans to study it. In preparation... more
AerospaceSpaceX wins contract for the launch of three Canadian satellites
Hawthorne , USA - The operation will support the largest space program to date in the North-American country
US' aerospace company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) was awarded a launch reservation contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to support the largest space program to date... more
AerospaceNASA discusses collaboration projects with South-Korean space agency
Washington, USA - KARI might take part in the asteroid initiative
American space agency NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) Seung Jo Kim met in Washington to discuss collaboration in aeronautics research... more
AerospaceNASA received more than 400 projects for its asteroid initiative
Houston, USA - "Gratifying response", Lori Garver claims
Th American space agency NASA has received more than 400 responses to its request for information (RFI) on the agency's asteroid initiative, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced. "Under our plan,... more
AerospaceSuccessful launch for Alphasat, the European telecommunications satellite (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guyana - It will cover Europe, Africa and the Middle East
An Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully launched Alphasat, Europe's largest and most sophisticated telecommunications satellite ever built, The rocket, at its 56th successful launch in a row, took off on Thursday... more
AerospaceNASA: Orion spacecraft completes high-altitude test (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - The capsule was dropped at more than 10,000 metres
The american space agency NASA performed a complicated, high-altitude test, which demonstrated that the new Orion spacecraft could land safely even if one of its parachutes failed. The 10th in a series... more
AerospaceNASA appoints board to invesgitate early spacewalk termination
Washington, USA - The group will be chaired by Chris Hansen, International Space Station chief engineer
The American space agency NASA has appointed a board to investigate the July 16 early termination of a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, develop a set of lessons learned from the incident... more
AerospaceNASA is looking for private partners
Washington, USA - The space agency aims to develop commercial space products and services
American space agency NASA released a synopsis requesting information from private enterprises interested in pursuing unfunded partnerships. The aim is to advance the development of commercial space products... more
AerospaceNASA: "Parmitano could have drowned" (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - The ESA astronaut is in good conditions
Some representatives of American space agency NASA met the media in order to provide information about the problem which characterized the extra-vehicular activity of Tuesday 16 July 2013: the spacewalk... more
AerospaceParmitano, problems with a buildup of water: early conclusion for the Extra-Vehicular Activity
Houston, USA - The spacewalk lasted just 1 hour and 32 minutes
Expedition 36 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of American space agency NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency ended their spacewalk at 13:29 pm GMT/UTC, only 1 hour, 32 minutes into the planned... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Parmitano ready for the second space walk today
Rome, Italy - The first one last week, on July 9
Luca Parmitano is ready for the second Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), after the first space walk a week ago. In fact, the astronaut of the European Space Agency and test pilot of the Italian Air Force,... more
AerospaceNASA tests rocket component created with 3D printing
Houston, USA - This method could permit higher manufacturing speed with lower costs
American space agency NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne of West Palm Beach, Fla., recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, better known as 3-D printing. This... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: new crew members announced
Houston, USA - NASA's Scott Kelly to be the commander of Expedition 45
NASA and its international partners have appointed three International Space Station crew members to round out future expeditions to the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Japanese... more
AerospaceNASA sets 2020 Mars rover goals
Houston, USA - According to the agency one of the aims will be demonstrate technology for future human exploration
The rover that American space agency NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human... more
AerospaceParmitano's spacewalk ends without problems
Houston, USA - The second extra-vehicular activity scheduled on July 16
Expedition 36 astronauts Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano wrapped up a successful 6-hour, 7-minute spacewalk on Tuesday 9 July 2013, completing the first of two July excursions to prepare the International... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica. Telespazio: contract for the EGNOS satellite programme
Rome, Italy - Worth EUR 216 million and an eight-year agreement
Telespazio, joint-venture between Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%), signed a contract worth EUR 216 million with the European Satellite Service Provider (ESSP) as part of the EGNOS (European Geostationary... more
AerospaceLuca Parmitano's spacewalk to be broadcast in live streaming on "ASI TV"
Rome, Italy - On Tuesday from 2 to 5 pm
Six weeks after the beginning of the "Volare" mission, the first long-stay mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Luca Parmitano is getting ready to achieve a new record: the astronaut of the European... more
AerospaceNASA decommissions satellite which was in orbit since 2001
Pasadena, USA - Jason-1 was designed to last from 3 to 5 years
Jason-1, a satellite which represented a joint project between American space agency NASA and France's CNES (Centre national d'études spatiales) and that for more than a decade precisely tracked rising... more
AerospaceNASA: two new milestones reached by SpaceX in the Commercial Crew Program
Houston, USA - The timeline of the California-based company is on track
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed two milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to make commercial human spaceflight services available... more
AerospaceProton-M rocket explodes shortly after takeoff at Baikonur Cosmodrome (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - No one was injured, but there is concern for possible toxic emissions
A Russian proton-M rocket exploded shortly after its takeoff from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and crashed on the ground in the morning of Tuesday 2 July 2013. The launch was broadcast live, and... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: prime-contractor for Europe's Euclid cosmology satellite
Cannes, France - Scheduled for launch in 2020
The European Space Agency, ESA, has chosen Thales Alenia Space to build the new Euclid cosmology satellite in a contract worth €322.5 million. Scheduled for launch in 2020, Euclid will explore dark e... more
AerospaceAENA: agreement for the management of EGNOS satellite system
Madrid , Spain - For a value of 13.3 million Euros
AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea), through its "Navegación Aérea" direction, today has issued a note in which it communicates the signing of an agreement for the management of the EGNOS sate... more
AerospaceNASA: IRIS departure delayed by one day
Orlando, USA - Delay caused by a problem affecting the Western Range Operations Control Center
The American space agency NASA postponed by one day the departure of the mission IRIS (AVIONEWS): the liftoff of the Orbital Sciences Corp's Pegasus XL rocket has been delayed by 24 hours, mainly because... more
AerospaceISS: six-hour spacewalk scheduled for today's afternoon
Houston, USA - Yurchikhin and Misurkin will perform maintenance works and will retrieve some science experiments
Two members of the Expedition 36 crew will venture outside the International Space Station on Monday, June 24: the pair will conduct a six-hour spacewalk in preparation for the addition of a new Russian... more
AerospaceNASA starts preliminary design review for its Space Launch System
Washington, USA - "This is the rocket that will send humans to an asteroid and Mars"
The American Space Agency NASA is beginning a preliminary design review for its Space Launch System (SLS). This major program assessment will allow development of the agency's new heavy-lift rocket to... more
AerospaceCuriosity sends on Earth hi-definition image of Mars
Houston, USA - The photo was created combining about 900 frames
Curiosity, the rover of the American space agency NASA, sent on Earth a hi-definition panoramic image of Mars, with 1.3 billion pixels in the full-resolution version. The view is centered toward the south,... more
AerospaceNASA selects its new class of astronauts (VIDEO)
Washington, USA - For men and four women, chosen among more than 6000 candidates
After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. Eight... more
AerospaceThe "Albert Einstein" spacecraft docks to the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - New supplies for the crew
European Space Agency’s (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) automatically docked Saturday at 10:07 a.m. EDT to the aft-end port of the Zvezda service module. The ATV-4, nicknamed the “Albert Ein... more