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[SatNews] Construction of the mobile gantry at Soyuz' new launch site in French Guiana is moving into its final phase as this structure's framework is now complete, and the metallic siding is being installed.
Read More[SatNews] Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico has named Rick Homans to serve as Chairman of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
Read More"Johannes Kepler", the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), is on its way to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Read MoreThe final major infrastructure element for Soyuz’ new launch site in French Guiana is taking shape, as the large mobile service gantry is assembled for this medium-lift vehicle at the Spaceport.
Read MoreCape Breton may become a Canadian version of Florida's historic Cape Canaveral where astronauts and rockets have been launched into outer space for decades.
Read MoreSpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle is now vertical at Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral.?
Read MoreSpaceport Systems International (SSI), a limited partnership between ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and California Commercial Spaceport, Inc., has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide spaceport launch services for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Test Squadron.
Read MoreThe third launch pad planned at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, is going to be something special — the launch pad is also being designed to accommodate the proposed Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), India's dream space shuttle which is on the designing board, ISRO officials said.
Read MoreBooz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a US$38.4 million Launch & Test Range System (LTRS) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contract, which provides support to the Los Angeles-based Spacelift Range Group (LRRG), Launch and Range Systems Wing (LRSW), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).
Read MoreNASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities — 37 teams nationwide — to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.
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