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China successfully launched a Venezuelan telecommunication satellite into space during the early morning today. This is China's first manufacturing contract as well as a launch for a Latin American country.
Read MorePreparations are starting for another busy year of Arianespace launch activity. The initial Ariane 5 of 2009 has now been delivered to the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency (ESA) is reporting that the Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher designated to boost the GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have now completed the investigation of the failure in the guidance and navigation system of the launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM).
Read MoreIn case you're keeping track, space shuttle Endeavour is in the process of moving slowly from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, as preparations for the STS-126 mission move forward.
Read MoreThe Space Shuttle Program’s Flight Readiness Review concluded Wednesday with program managers evaluating the readiness of space shuttle Endeavour to perform a re-supply mission and maintenance to the International Space Station.
Read MoreThe launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the ASTRA 1M satellite payload was postponed after an anomaly was discovered with ground equipment at the launch site.
Read MoreAlliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) supported the successful launch of an Orbital Sciences Corporation air-launched Pegasus XL vehicle from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Read MoreOn the move again, at a snail's pace, NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, October 20, to 7 a.m. EDT.
Read MoreNine teams with rocket-powered vehicles will compete for $2 million in NASA prize money during the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Oct. 24-25, at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico.
Read MoreAlliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has reached an agreement with United Space Alliance (USA) for that firm to perform subcontractor support to ATK for NASA's Ares I launch vehicle.
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