Vandenberg AFB Fire Nearly Knocked Out
A fire that scorched nearly 500 acres at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base was almost 90 percent contained, authorities said on Thursday.
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Good Ol’ THOR 6 Is Safe In French Guiana
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) today announced that its spacecraft, THOR 6, has arrived safely at the Guiana Spaceport in Kourou.
Read MoreSpaceport America Getting New Runway
The construction of a new runway for Spaceport America is well underway at the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
Read MoreNASA’s Discovery’s Sobering White Lightning Experience
Drama at its best as the rollout of space shuttle Discovery was slow-going due to the onset of lightning in the area of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreBoeing’s Big Bids Plan As Prime Contractor for NASA EGLS Contract
Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that it plans to bid as prime contractor for the Exploration Ground Launch Services (EGLS) program to provide ground systems integration and launch operations for Constellation, NASA's next-generation space-exploration initiative.
Read MoreBaikonur Puts Out Welcome Mat for Asia Sat 5
They have arrived and now AsiaSat 5, a new communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), has settled in at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for launch by a Proton launch vehicle currently scheduled for early to mid-August.
Read MorePutting The Pieces Together Are NASA, USA + ATK
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a new space vehicle will begin stacking on a mobile launch platform (MLP) at Kennedy Space Center, all due to the hard work and dedication of an experienced team of employees from NASA and contractors United Space Alliance (USA) and Alliant Techsystems.
Read MoreBrazil Aerospace Shares Space With Former Slaves
Brazil plans to expand its Alcantara aerospace base in the north by building 12 more rocket launching pads there, the government said Wednesday.
Read MoreNo Gaseous Grounding For Endeavour — Launch Set
A test fueling of space shuttle Endeavour's external tank revealed no gaseous hydrogen leaks, verifying recent repairs were successful, NASA managers confirmed during a Wednesday afternoon news conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreNASA Tanking On July 1st @ Kennedy Space Center
NASA will conduct a tanking test at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 1, to ensure repairs to space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank were successful.
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