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AerospaceESA: deferred to November the launch of SMOS and Proba-2 satellites
Paris, France - After an agreement with Krunichev Space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services
The launch of SMOS (Soil Mosture and Ocean Salitnity) - second ESA (European Space Agency) Earth Explorer mission after GOCE launched on March 17 (see AVIONEWS) - and of the secondary payload PROBA-2 (Project... more
AerospaceRussia puts Malaysian satellite into orbit
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - With a Zenit-3SLB launcher
Russia yesterday evening at 9:50 pm GMT put a Malaysian Measat-1R satellite into orbit, launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on board of a Zenit-3SLB launcher, Russian space agency (Roscosmos)... more
AerospaceLRO and LCROSS took off towards the Moon
Cape Canaveral, USA - Preparations for GEOS-O's satellites launch already underway
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft) successfully took off yesterday at 5:32 pm EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on board... more
AerospaceNASA: LRO and LCROSS ready for launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - They will study the Moon with a wide range of instruments
Following the delays caused by space shuttle Endeavour's problems (see AVIONEWS), the day of lunar missions LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft)... more
AerospaceEndeavour's launch delayed again
Cape Canaveral, USA - Also deferred the lift off of LRO and LCROSS
Space shuttle Endeavour's launch has been delayed again, this time of about one month, as the same hydrogen leak that caused last Saturday's cancellation (see AVIONEWS) happened again. Data collected during... more
AerospaceItaly-Israel agreement on space cooperation
Paris, France - Signed today by ASI and ISA at the "Paris Air Show 2009"
Italy and Israel, through their space agencies (respectively ASI and ISA), today signed a bilateral agreement on space cooperation for peaceful purposes. The deal has been ratified in Paris-"Le Bourget"... more
AerospaceESA ed Arianespace signed a deal for the launch of Galileo satellites
Paris, France - At Paris-"Le Bourget" during the "Paris Air Show 2009"
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace signed an In-Orbit Validation (IOV) launch services contract, concerning the launch of the first four operational Galileo satellites on two Soyuz launch... more
AerospaceNASA: second launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour
Cape Canaveral, USA - Tomorrow, on Wednesday 17, after Saturday's delay
NASA will perform tomorrow, on Wednesday June 17 at 5:40 am EDT (9:40 am GMT), the second launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour that will carry STS-127 mission crew to the International Space Station... more
AerospaceGPS III project entered Critical Design Review phase
Paris, France - Lockheed Martin's announcement during the "Paris Air Show 2009"
Lockheed Martin, during its participation at the "Paris Air Show 2009" underway in Paris-Le Bourget from June 15 to 21, announced that the Global Positioning System (GPS) III program for the US Air Force... more
AerospaceNew flight software architecture for Sbirs GEO satellites
Paris, France - The announce has been given by Lockheed Martin during the "Paris Air Show 2009"
Lockheed Martin announced today, during the "Paris Air Show 2009" (Paris-Le Bourget June 15-21), that it has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide highly reliable... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: LRO Mission Update
Rome, Italy - Next Wednesday afternoon the Atlas V rocket will leave the Cape Canaveral base
"Final spacecraft closeouts are underway at the launch pad and countdown dress rehearsal activities are planned for all day Thursday. A Launch Readiness Review, or LRR, is scheduled for Monday at 9... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Endeavour to take off tomorrow
Cape Canaveral, USA - Boeing completed works on Japanese laboratory Kibo
Lift off of space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:17 am EDT (11:17 am GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will carry STS-127 mission crew to the ISS (International... more
Aerospace"Cirque du Soleil" founder will go on the ISS
Ottawa, Canada - He will be the seventh space tourist, the first from Canada
Guy Laliberte, founder of the "Cirque du Soleil", will be the first Canadian space tourist to fly to the ISS (International Space Station), the seventh globally. The billionaire will pay $35 million for... more
AerospaceNASA and ESA together on Mars
Rome, Italy - Starting from 2016
Budget problems might bring NASA to join forces with European Space Agency (ESA) for a mission to Mars, starting in 2016. So far the Americans prefered to go by themselves, but exorbitant costs of the... more
AerospaceLast preparations for Endeavour's launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Lift off scheduled on Saturday 13 at 11:17 am GMT
The crew of space shuttle Endeavour arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral from Houston on board of a Shuttle Training Aircraft Gulfstream II aircraft to complete last pre-flight operations.... more
AerospaceNorth Pole: SoRa mission starts on balloon
Rome, Italy - It will test technologies for planetary exploration, firstly Mars
The stratospheric balloon, pending on the suitable weather conditions, is ready to the launch in flight from Svalbard Isles, not far from North Pole, to circumnavigate the Arctic at 35 km from the ground... more
AerospaceESA extends Envisat satellite mission
Paris, France - ESA has voted to extend it through to 2013
"ESA Member States have unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat – the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built – has been providing scientists and o... more
AerospaceEADS Astrium to carry out feasibility studies for future Moon landings
Bremen, Germany - With a € 1 million contract awarded by the German Aerospace Center
EADS Astrium has been commissioned by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to conduct a study for the testing of future moon landings. The aim is to prove the technological feasibility of a soft and precise... more
AerospaceThe number of active GLONASS satellites grows to 17
Moscow, Russia - Three are still undergoing maintenance operations
The number of active satellites in the GLONASS (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) constellation has grown to 17. GLONASS is the Russian equivalent of GPS (Global Positioning System). Roscosmos, the Russian... more
AerospaceNASA getting ready for space shuttle Endeavour's launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Scheduled lift-off on June 13 to carry the crew of mission STS-127 to the ISS
The last preliminary reviews to space shuttle Endeavour's launch have been completed yesterday. NASA confirmed that lift-off will take place on June 13 at 7:17 am EDT (11:17 am GMT) from Kennedy Space... more
AerospaceESA: XMM-Newton takes astronomers to a black hole’s edge
Rome, Italy - A supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active galaxy
Using new data from ESA’s XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active galaxy. The galaxy – kno... more
AerospaceLockheed Martin will develop a third SBIRS satellite
Sunnyvale, USA - With a contract worth $1.5 billion
Lockheed Martin yesterday announced the US Air Force has awarded it a $1.5-billion contract for the third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload, the third geosynchronous orbit (GEO-3) satellite and associated... more
AerospaceExpedition 20 arrived to the ISS
Rome, Italy - On board of Russian Soyuz TMA-15 spaceship
Expedition 20 to the International Space Station (ISS) completed its trip today at 12:36 pm GMT after taking off on last Wednesday from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (see AVIONEWS), on board of Russian... more
AerospaceESA: GOCE's "Drag free" achievement
Rome, Italy - The satellite reaches a never-before technological record
ESA's (European Space Agency) gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite... more
AerospaceExpedition 20 to the ISS succesfully launched
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - On board of Russian spaceship Soyuz TMA-15
Succesfully completed at 10:35 GMT, from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, the launch of the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft that will carry three Expedition 20 members to the ISS (International Space Station):... more
AerospaceTowards X-51A WaveRider's first Mach 6.0 flight
Washington, USA - By the end of the year
All technical operations in preparation of Boeing X-51A WaveRider's first flight have been completed. The new experimental aircraft should perform its first test flight at a speed of about Mach 6.0 (7300... more
AerospaceAll ready for Soyuz TMA-15's launch
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Tomorrow from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
It is all ready for the launch, tomorrow at 10:34 GMT, from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, of the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft that will carry three Expedition 20 members to the ISS (International Space... more
Aerospace"Stratosphere Project", the Italian ambition in the missile experimentation
Rome, Italy - An economical and anti-pollution alternative for the scientific atmosphere experiment
Laser Rocket Team, an Italian research group, made up missilry experimenter amateurs, has designed and promoted the "Stratosphere Project" that has the ambition to build and to launch a missile carrying... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle came back after mission to Hubble
Edwards, USA - Endeavour was ready on the case of a rescue mission was needed
Space shuttle Atlantis finally managed to come back yesterday at 11:39 EDT (15:39 GMT) at Edwards Air Force Base in California as bad weather waved off all the previous landing attempts at Kennedy Space... more
AerospaceItaly and India together to study the Earth
Rome, Italy - The mission Oceansat-2 will start in summer
Indian space agency's (ISRO) mission scheduled for this summer and dubbed Oceansat-2 will carry an Italian instrument: ROSA (Radio Occultation Sounder for Atmosphere). Aim of the cooperation between ASI... more
AerospaceBad weather blocks space shuttle's comeback
Cape Canaveral, USA - The first landing opportunity was cancelled. There is another one today
The first landing opportunity of space shuttle Atlantis this morning at 10:00 am EDT (2:00 pm GMT) at Cape Canaveral's space center, Florida, was cancelled due to bad weather. Also the second opportunity,... more
AerospaceRussian military satellite into orbit
Moscow, Russia - It will be used also for civil purposes
Russian military communication satellite Meridian-2 entered into orbit. It was launched earlier this morning from the Plesetsk space center transported by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket, Alexei Zolotukhin, an... more
AerospaceOn the ISS they are drinking water recycled from urine
Cape Canaveral, USA - The cosmonauts started using it yesterday after years of tests
NASA gave yesterday the "All clear" to ISS (International Space Station) cosmonauts to drink water recycled from urine, sweat and condensed water. The decision was taken after long-time tests taken on... more
AerospaceThe new Italian astronauts presented today in Rome
Rome, Italy - Minister of Education Maria Stella Gelmini: "They are the symbol of Italian research"
The two new ESA (European Space Agency) Italian astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Luca Salvo Parmitano have been presented today in Rome, in presence of minister of Education Maria Stella Gelmini,... more
AerospaceNew ESA astronauts announced
Paris, France - Among them two are Italians, including a woman
Six new ESA (European Space Agency) astronauts have been announced today during a press-conference coordinated by Jean-Jacques Dordain, Agency's Director General, and Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of Human... more
AerospaceEADS Astrium to sign strategic agreement with Kazakhstan
Paris, France - For two satellites destined to the Earth observation
Astrium CEO, François Auque, and Gavyllatyp T. Murzakulov, CEO of JSC National Company "Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary", a company reporting to the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have... more
AerospaceESA presented its new European astronauts
Paris, France - Tomorrow, May 20, during a press-conference
The European Space Agency (ESA) will present tomorrow, May 20, its new European astronauts during a press-conference presented by Jean-Jacques Dordain, Agency's Director General, and Simonetta Di Pippo,... more
AerospaceNASA, STS-125: fifth and last spacewalk completed
Cape Canaveral, USA - The cosmonauts sent a message of trust in human capabilities
Mission specialists John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel yesterday at 3:22 pm EDT completed the fifth and last scheduled spacewalk for space shuttle Atlantis's mission STS-125, with the aim to upgrade and repair... more
AerospaceFirst signals received from IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite
El Segundo, USA - Launch success confirmed
IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite, launched on Saturday at 4:57 am local time from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (see AVIONEWS), is functioning perfectly, Boeing and Protostar announced yesterday after... more
AerospaceAerospace and Defense Forum 2009: the fourth edition
Rome, Italy - On May 28 in Pomezia, Rome
National Instruments announced that the fourth edition of Aerospace and Defense Forum 2009 will be held in Rome on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Hotel Selene in Via Pontina Km 30, 00040 Pomezia (Rome) from... more
AerospaceRussia to increase its present on the market of space launches
Moscow, Russia - Putin stated that his country will cover more than 50% of the sector
Russia, that currently covers more than 40% of the global commercial space launches' market, will increase its presence in this sector by another 8-10%, so taking more than half of it, Moscow's prime minister,... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Atlantis, fifth and last spacewalk underway
Cape Canaveral, USA - For the last servicing mission at Hubble space telescope
Cosmonauts John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel are currently outside the space shuttle Atlantis performing the fifth and last spacewalk scheduled for the last servicing mission to Hubble space telescope that... more
AerospaceNode 3 "Tranquillity" by a "Beluga" from Turin towards Kennedy Space Center
Rome, Italy - An important European contribution to expand the International Space Station and make it more comfortable
Node 3 left last Saturday the Turin plant of Thales Alenia Space. It has taken off towards Turin-Caselle's airport during the night on an extraordinay transport by road, and then to be embarked on a "Beluga",... more
AerospaceProtostar II / Indostar II satellite successfully launched from Baikonur
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - On board of a Proton Breeze M
The Proton Breeze M rocket with Protostar II / Indostar II communication satellite on board was succesfully launched on Saturday as scheduled at 4:57 local time from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The... more
AerospaceRussia: spacecraft Progress M-66 dies in the Pacific Ocean
Moscow, Russia - It reached ISS on February 10th, 2009
The Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft, launched on February 10th 2009, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Monday before plunging into a "Spaceship cemetery" in the Southern Pacific, Russia's Mission Control... more
AerospaceNASA, STS-125: two more spacewalks completed
Cape Canaveral, USA - Problems during the fourth extravehicular activity
Mission STS-125's cosmonauts completed yesterday at 5:47 pm EDT the fourth of five spacewalks scheduled to perform final maintenance works on the Hubble space telescope. The two mission specialists encountered... more
AerospaceNASA, mission STS-125: second spacewalk underway
Cape Canaveral, USA - Maintenance operations will extend Hubble's lifetime until 2014
It started at 8:49 am EDT and its still underway, scheduled to last 6 hours and a half, the second of five spacewalks of servicing mission at Hubble space telescope carried out by the crew of STS-125 that... more
AerospaceNASA: first spacewalk on Hubble telescope completed
Cape Canaveral, USA - First interventions on the instrument succesfully carryed out
The first of five scheduled spacewalks on the Hubble telescope was completed yesterday at 4:12 pm EDT by mission specialists John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel. The excursion out of space shuttle Atlantis... more
AerospaceHerschel and Planck finally reach the Space
Rome, Italy - After several delays the two ESA satellites were launched
The two ESA (European Space Agency) satellites, Herschel and Planck, have been finally launched, after several delays in the previous phases. Lift off took place at 3:12 pm CEST on board of the Ariane-5... more
AerospaceNASA will pay $51 million for each seat on the Soyuz
Moscow, Russia - The only reliable vehicle to reach the ISS
Russian space agency (Roscosmos) and NASA reached the deal on the price that the American agency will have to pay to let its cosmonauts use the Soyuz spaceships to reach the International Space Station... more