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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has agreed with Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) to supply Proximity Link System (PLS) components to guide Orbital’s Cygnus Spacecraft to the ISS on nine re-supply missions for NASA.
Read MoreThey make it sound so easy but imagine MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced today that the MEASAT-3a satellite has been successfully moved to the 91.4° E Orbital Slot in preparation for In-Orbit testing.
Read MoreC-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI) has developed a proprietary inclined orbit satellite tracking algorithm which will provide C-COM customers the ability to use inclined orbit satellites for their space segment needs.
Read MoreAs this news is coming to you it is now 3 hours, 19 minutes into todays, Saturdays, spacewalk. . .
Read MoreThe Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere on Monday before plunging into a "spaceship cemetery" in the southern Pacific, Russia's Mission Control said.
Read MoreAnother milestone met, as Atlantis' astronauts grabbed the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, then comes the dangerous and unprecedented spacewalking repairs they will attempt over the next five days.
Read MoreAccording to veteran reporter and U.S.A.F. veteran Scott Harris of News 13 in central Florida, his latest story reveals that many are calling the space shuttle Atlantis launch on May 11th to repair and upgrade the Hubble space telescope the most dangerous mission in a long time.
Read MoreAstronauts Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold ended the mission's third spacewalk at 6:04 p.m. EDT on Monday.
Read MoreEarly on the morning of March 12th, the Cassini spacecraft relayed information that it had successfully swapped to a backup set of propulsion thrusters late Wednesday.
Read MoreTuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ahead of schedule, lasting 4 hours and 49 minutes.
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