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AerospacePiedmont at the "Aeromart" in the aerospace sector
Turin, Italy - With 13 companies at the event that will take place next December (4-6) in Toulouse
Piedmont returns at "Aeromart Toulouse" (December 4-6), the biennial event alternative as the "Aerospace and Defense Meetings Turin" in the world of aerospace, with 13 companies from Alessandria, Cuneo... more
AerospaceOne-year mission on the International Space Station: NASA and Roscosmos select two veterans
Washington, USA - Kelly and Kornienko are expected to leave in spring 2015
NASA and Roscosmos, respectively the space agencies of United States and Russia, have selected the crew which will be on board of the mission, scheduled in 2015, in which two astronauts will remain on... more
AerospaceESA Ministerial Council 2012: AVIONEWS interviews Italian Education Minister and ASI president Saggese (VIDEO)
Naples, Italy - "The proceedings were quite difficult, but the results have been really satisfying"
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just concluded a successful two-day Council meeting at ministerial level in Naples, Italy. The event, held at the Mostra d'Oltremare meeting centre, was attended by... more
AerospaceSoyuz spacecraft returns to Earth with the International Space Station astronauts (VIDEO)
Arkalyk, Kazakhstan - "Fresh air, very good!", the first words by Sunita Williams
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft carrying Expedition 33 commander Suni Williams and flight engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan northeast of the remote town of Arkalyk... more
AerospaceAVIO's iSpace: the app for space lovers with games and interactive contents
Turin, Italy - Available for free on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Avio, the Italian aerospace specialist, has on November 14 launched a new iSPACE app, which will be available to download for free from Apple’s App Store. iSPACE is a free app dedicated to space and s... more
AerospaceBoD of Finmeccanica. Performance by business segment: space
Rome, Italy - New orders totalled €639 million
Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space (All of the data concern the two joint-ventures –Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space– both consolidated on a proportionate basis at 67% and 33% respectively). New ord... more
AerospaceRover Curiosity completes initial experiments on Martian soil: "It's similar to Hawaii's"
Pasadena, USA - "Roughly half the soil is non-crystalline material"
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The minerals were identified... more
AerospaceBudget cut for the Italian Space Agency from 2013
Rome, Italy - In November Naples will host the Council at Ministerial level to decide ESA's future
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, has always been strongly critical about the cuts to the budget of NASA (the American space agency): "NASA -he declared in an interview released just... more
AerospaceASI: "Cheops", a mission to disclose the secrets of the esoplanets
Rome, Italy - The Italian Space Agency and Astrophisics Institute will give a basic contribution
It is a new project by ESA (European Space Agency) destined to the study of the extra-solar planets. "Cheops" (CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite), approved last October 19 officially the realization... more
AerospaceEC: testing of Galileo satellite navigation system can begin
Brussels, Belgium - Two new satellites, named David and Sif, launched (names were chosen following an EU wide children's drawing competition)
A very significant milestone in the construction of Galileo -Europe's satellite navigation system- was achieved on October 12. Two operational satellites were launched on 12 October at 18:15 UTC from Kourou,... more
AerospaceShuttle Endeavour finally reached its new home (VIDEO)
Los Angeles, Usa - The transport from the airport to the California Science Center cost roughly 10 million dollars
The last journey of the retired Shuttle Endeavour, the 12 miles from Los Angeles Airport to the California Science Center, lasted more than expected: the arrival to the museum, which will be the new home... more
AerospaceThe Shuttle Endeavour ready for its last mission
Los Angeles, USA - 12 miles to the California Science Center
The Shuttle Endeavour is ready for its last mission, which will start today, Thursday 11 October 2012, and will also be the one with the shortest course: the 12 miles (a bit less than 20 km) from the hangar... more
AerospaceEC: count-down to the second launch of Galileo satellites
Brussels, Belgium - This second pair of EADS Astrium satellites will be put into orbit on-board a Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace
The countdown has started for the launch of Galileo's third and fourth satellites —scheduled for tomorrow at 18:15 UTC from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This second pair of EADS Astrium s... more
AerospaceEUTELSAT 21B satellite arrives in Kourou
Paris, France - Readies for Ariane launch on November 9
The EUTELSAT 21B satellite of Eutelsat Communications has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, and is now being prepared for launch on November 9 by Arianespace on board an Ariane 5 rocket (Flight VA210). Lift-off... more
AerospaceCuriosity finds bright object on Mars: sampling suspended
Houston, USA - It could be a part of the rover itself
Curiosity, the rover sent on Mars by NASA (the American space agency) has spotted an object described as "Bright": the robot was performing sampling of the soil of the Red Planet, in a sandy area called... more
AerospaceSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket: engine shuts, but the launch is successful (VIDEO)
Cape Canaveral, Usa - "It did exactly what it was designed to do"
A technical hitch affected the launch of the Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, performed during the evening of Sunday 7 October 2012: one of the nine engines of the rocket suddenly lost pressure and shut down... more
Aerospace"IAC 2012". ASI: two cooperation agreements signed with Mexico and Thailand
Naples, Italy - The Italian space agency met numerous extra-European delegations of the sector
A delegation of the Italian space agency ASI, led by its president Enrico Saggese, has met numerous delegations of space agencies from extra-European countries during the 63rd edition of "IAC" ("International... more
AerospaceItalian ASI. "Iac 2012", International Astronautical Congress: world space exhibition started in Naples
Naples, Italy - With wishes from Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic and minister Profumo
The largest event of the year in the space sector was inaugurated on October 1st, 2012 morning in Naples, at the Mostra d'Oltremare exhibition centre: a message from Giorgio Napolitano, President of the... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: ATV-3 undocking postponed
Toulouse, France - A new attempt will be performed today
The undocking of ATV-3 (Automated Transfer Vehicle) from the International Space Station was postponed due to an incorrect command. During operations ATV-3 performed perfectly in line with its pre-defined... more
AerospaceFirst Russian private satellite ready to launch in 2013
Moscow, Russia - As reported by Dauria Aerospace's head
Dauria Aerospace's founder and chief executive officer Mikhail Kokorich has declared that the first Russian satellite, wholly manufactured and operated by a private company will be launched during 2013,... more
AerospaceAstrium double prime-contractor for Astra 2F satellite launch from Kourou
Paris, France - Both for Ariane 5 ECA and for Astra 2F ordered by SES that will be launched together with GSAT 10
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, is prime-contractor for both the Ariane 5 launcher and the Astra 2F satellite scheduled for launch from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French G... more
AerospaceEndeavour lands in LA piggybacked on a 747 aircraft, and gets ready for its last journey (VIDEO)
Los Angeles, USA - The final destination is the California Science Center
For a spacecraft which covered almost 200 million km, the last journey will be a piece of cake, even if the 19 km from Los Angeles Airport, where the Space Shuttle Endeavour is currently located, to the... more
AerospaceNASA will send 18 teachers to perform experiments on reduced gravity aircraft
Houston, USA - Flight scheduled in April 2013
NASA, the American space agency, will send into space 18 teachers, who will be selected among the schools of the NASA Explorer Schools project (NES), with its reduced gravity aircraft, in order to perform... more
AerospacePostcards from Mars: rover Curiosity sends picture of a partial Solar eclipse
Houston, USA - NASA will host a teleconference on Thursday, Sept. 6 to provide a status update on the rover's mission
NASA's Curiosity, the biggest rover ever sent into space, which landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, is continuing its mission, and managed to take a picture of a partial Solar eclipse on the Red Planet. It... more
AerospaceAstrium-built Metop-B successfully placed in orbit (VIDEO)
Baikonur, Kazakistan - It will improve medium-range and short-range forecasting
Yesterday, on September 17, at 22:28 hours local time (17:28 hours BST or 16:28 UTC), a Soyuz rocket successfully launched the Astrium-built Metop-B satellite into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in... more
AerospaceULA Atlas V rocket launches fourth payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (VIDEO)
Vandenberg, Usa - In five months
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 2:39 pm PDT yesterday, on September 13. Designated... more
AerospaceElite S2 at work on the International Space Station
Rome, Italy - In October two experimental sessions for the Italian device developed by ASI, which has been on board the ISS since 2008
Twelve years ago, in 2000, an idea of some Italian research centres started to take shape: the realization of a system able to monitor in three dimensions the movements made by an astronaut in microgravity.... more
AerospaceBoeing, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX continue their war for space missions
Washington, USA - First milestones achieved
The new American race to space continues. Three major companies are involved in the NASA programme: Boeing, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX. The companies recently received the first funding to carry on their... more
AerospaceIndia launches three satellites
Delhi, India - Indian space commercial operations continue
The Indian technology about multiple-stages rockets is not only related to the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles. In fact, this technology is most of all related to space commercial missions,... more
AerospaceGalileo: one month to Galileo's next launch
Paris, France - Two more satellites will join the programme
As already declared at the "ILA Berlin Air Show 2012" yesterday, the European Space Agency (ESA) is ready for the launch of the second pair of Galileo navigation satellites. The launch is scheduled... more
AerospaceMetop-B European weather satellite is ready for launch
Paris, France - It has passed its final checks at the Baikonur cosmodrome
Metop-B, the European polar orbiting weather satellite designed and manufactured by Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, is now ready to launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From i... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: "Problem repaired, we are back"
Washington, USA - Waiting for four cargo capsules
The International Space Station suffered an energy blackout, forcing the astronauts on board to switch off certain equipment. The malfunctioning power unit, a Main Bus Switching Unit, which relay electricity... more
AerospaceAfriSpace: is Africa really looking to Space?
Khartoum, Sudan - New meeting after two years
A strange news was reported by international newspapers today. According to them, African nations are looking to a local space programme. AfriSpace (this is the name of the agency) was presented during... more
AerospaceATV-4 “Albert Einstein” en route to Kourou
Bremen, Germany - The largest cargo vessel will be launched to the ISS in 2013
The fourth European automated transfer vehicle (ATV) built by Astrium, called "Albert Einstein", is en route to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, w... more
AerospaceMoscow is looking to new touristic space business
Moscow, Russia - New space-plane from the creators of the Buran
Yesterday we reported the news about the new Russian Hammer hypersonic space launcher (AVIONEWS). Today more details about the future of the Russian commercial space programmes became available. Following... more
AerospaceRussia unveils new hypersonic-engined orbital launcher
Moscow, Russia - "After delivering the payload, the craft will be able to return to its airbase"
The Russian NPO Molniya space design bureau has revealed that it is developing an innovative programme: the bureau is trying to integrate the scram-jet (hypersonic engine) technology with orbital launchers. This... more
AerospaceCuriosity continues its research and uses its ChemCam
Washington, USA - Mast-mounted laser vaporised a rock
Curiosity, the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, has started its research immediately after its landing on the planet surface. Today the rover used one of its main instruments for the first time: the ChemCam,... more
AerospaceArmstrong the role model who did not want to be a hero (VIDEO)
Cincinanti, USA - Politicians, who were criticized several times by him because of NASA budget cuts, honour him
Those who knew Neil Armstrong are absolutely sure that the first man to put his feet on the Moon would not appreciate the enormous amount of plaudits dedicated to him from everywhere in the world: the... more
AerospaceXCOR plans new facility in Florida
Washington, USA - Mark I and Mark II ready for test flights
The suborbital spaceflight company XCOR has announced a new manufacturing and operations facility for its Lynx Mk II, the second variant of the company's suborbital vehicle. The new facility will be opened... more
AerospaceCuriosity rover begins its research
Washington, USA - "I expect most people won’t find that to be very interesting”.
After the nuclear-powered Curiosity rover landing on Mars, NASA declared the Scientific Mars Lab is ready to begin its research of life-form traces on the Red Planet. Tim Slater, a science professor... more
AerospaceNASA plans new mission on the Red Planet
Washington, Usa - New launch in 2016: InSight is ready
The landing of the rover Curiosity on the Red Planet raised the attention of all newspapers worldwide, and now is common to read articles about Mars. Today NASA declared it is planning a new mission in... more
AerospaceMars: the rover Curiosity on its way to Mount Sharp
Pasadena, USA - The probe will analyze the terrain characteristics in the zone
Curiosity, the NASA rover which landed a few days ago on Mars' surface (AVIONEWS) is sending awesome images of the Red Planet, just like the one you can see in this page: in the picture shot by NASA's... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: something went wrong (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - Proton-M space carrier operations suspended
Dark times for Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, which has suffered many failures in its space programme. Another malfunction affected its latest rocket launch on Monday evening. The news was reported... more
AerospaceBeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada to bring NASA to the ISS
Washington, USA - Three funding and three programmes to replace Soyuz
NASA has chosen three different aerospace companies for the programme which aims to bring the US astronauts onboard the International Space Station, replacing the current leasing of Soyuz capsules for... more
AerospaceThe future of mankind is on Mars: Curiosity rover to explore the Red Planet (VIDEO)
Gale Crater, Mars - "Seven minutes of terror"
Curiosity, the 2 USD billion rover built by NASA (the US space agency), landed today on the surface of the Red Planet. Great celebrations between the US and ESA's scientists (the European Space Agency,... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS interviews the Italian astronauts at new ASI headquarters (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - From the memory of the past a look into the future
AVIONEWS has interviewed the Italian astronauts present during the ceremony for the opening of the new Italian Space Agency headquarters at Rome University "Tor Vergata". The ceremony also celebrated... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: the "Curiosity" Rover will bring Leonardo da Vinci to Mars
Rome, Italy - A copy of the self-portrait and "Codice del volo" by famous scientist are on board of the mission
Two exceptional passengers are on board of the "Curiosity", that will land on Mars: the self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, famous image of the scientist, and the Code on bird flight, in high definition... more
AerospaceSpacecraft: profitable market for commercial space flights
London, United Kingdom - Technology: certified, packaged and sold
Modern technologies allow today operations which, a few decades ago, were related only to sci-fi fictions. Most of all it is happening in the space sector. The landing of the new Curiosity rover on Mars... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: "Curiosity" in view of the Red Planet (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - The Rover departed from Cape Canaveral on 26 November ready to land on Mars
On 6 August, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is set to deliver the Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet’s surface. The landing in Gale Crater will mark the start of an ambitious exploration pro... more
AerospaceThe world's most powerful telescope is Canadian-made
Toronto, Canada - The Hubble replacement takes shape
The 2018 is expected to be a year full of important events about space. In addition to the scheduled tests of the NASA SLS space heavy lifter, another work of art is going to be placed in orbit. We... more