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From the Shanghai Daily, September 18th issue, the story is headlined "Space launch fans need spacious wallets". Space travel fans who want to see the launch of China's Shenzhou VII shuttle at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center later this month will have to pay 15,000 yuan (US$2,206) for the experience.
Read MoreFrom International Launch Services (ILS) comes word that the launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the Nimiq 4 satellite was postponed for 24 hours.
Read MoreThe thrill of watching a successful ground test of a rocket was enjoyed by Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] when they completed the full-scale "pathfinder" ground operations of the Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in preparation for its inaugural flight that is currently scheduled to take place in early 2009.
Read MoreNASA would be the first one to tell you that it takes a ton of help to get their rockets out the door and up into space, and so it goes with the Ares I rocket. Described as America's next flagship in space, the Ares I is now in development by NASA and its industry partners, to carry human explorers and new missions of discovery to the moon and beyond.
Read MoreSpace shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, September 18th, in preparation for shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour will stand by in the unlikely event a rescue mission is necessary following Atlantis' launch, which is targeted for October 10th.
Read MoreThe figurative canvas has come off, and now NASA knows what the preliminary design of the Ares I rocket will resemble, which is a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle. Starting in 2015, the Ares I rocket will launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle, including its crew of four to six astronauts, and small cargo payloads to the International Space Station.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has been granted an Operational License by the U.S. Air Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Florida coast. Receipt of the license, in conjunction with the approved Site Plan, paves the way for SpaceX to initiate Falcon 9 launch operations later this year.
Read MoreThe preparatory activities for the launch of ESA's GOCE satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia was halted during the afternoon of September 7th by Eurockot.
Read MoreInternational Launch Services (ILS) is getting set to launch the Nimiq-4 satellite on Friday, September 19th.
Read MoreGeoEye, Inc. has reported the successful launch and deployment of GeoEye-1, the world's highest resolution, commercial Earth-imaging satellite. GeoEye's ground station in Norway relayed the downlink signal it received from GeoEye-1 confirming that the satellite successfully separated from the second stage of the launch vehicle and began automatically initializing its onboard systems.
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