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Follow up news regarding the September 28, SpaceX launch of Falcon 1 Flight 4 from the Kwajalein Atoll sent by CEO Elon Musk. "After a week spent reviewing data has confirmed that the flight went really well, including the coast and restart. The mood here at SpaceX is just ecstatic! This is the culmination of six years of hard work by a very talented team.
Read MoreSES ASTRA will launch their new ASTRA-1M satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 31, 2008.
Read MoreThe first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch on October 19th.
Read MoreThe California Space Authority (CSA) offers its congratulations to Vandenberg Air Force Base (Vandenberg AFB) on its fiftieth anniversary.
Read MoreThere's going to be a lot of activity at NASA Television, as they will broadcast the launch of the next International Space Station crew October 12 and the landing of the current crew on October 23. NASA's Expedition 18 Commander and Science Officer Mike Fincke, Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov and spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, a U.S. citizen, are scheduled to launch Sunday, October 12, at 3:01 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreThe prestigious Team Achievement Award of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has been awarded to the team that successfully realized the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C7) mission by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as well as the team who deployed and recovered Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1).
Read MoreTo recognize Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for its recent launch and orbit success, the California Space Authority (CSA) will honor the company with a Space Innovation SpotBeam Award at this year’s SpotBeam Awards Dinner and Ceremony.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency (ESA) and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for the GOCE satellite, with a tentative launch date of October 27th just announced.
Read MoreJust an update regarding the successful launch of Flight 4 of the Falcon 1 that occurred on Sunday, September 28 from the Reagan Test Site (RTS) on Omelek Island at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) in the Central Pacific, about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. We watched the live webcast and enjoyed the cheers that went up from the control room.
Read MoreMere hours from now, if all goes well Falcon 1 is currently cleared for liftoff sometime between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. (California time) Sunday September 28th. However, if anything requires investigation, the launch will be postponed, but you’ll be informed.
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