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Shortly after 15:30 CEST (13:30 UT) on Monday, September 29th, the European Space Agency's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle will initiate a controlled destructive re-entry high above an uninhabited area of the Pacific Ocean.
Read MoreFollowing the incident in the night of June 16th and 17th, affecting part of the power generator subsystem of the W5 satellite, Eutelsat set up a technical investigation on the satellite’s performance, together with its manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space.
Read MoreAn unusual activity had to be completed by the International Space Station's crew last week that required firing the ISS' booster rockets to lower the orbit of the station. This was necessary in order to avoid space debris that is believed to have traveled as close as one mile to the ISS itself.
Read MoreSpace shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, August 30th. Atlantis is targeted to lift off October 8th to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is scheduled for 12:01 a.m. EDT.
Read MoreFor the second time since April, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Jules Verne ATV was used to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS).
Read MoreESA’s Jules Verne ATV was used for the first time on Wednesday to transfer, in one step, 811-kg of refuelling propellant to the International Space Station—while this was occurring, the two vehicles orbited Earth at 28,000 km/h.
Read MoreThe W5 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications has experienced an anomaly to a portion of its power generator subsystem. The problem first became evident between the 16th and 17th of June.
Read MoreLast Wednesday, ARES Corporation (Houston, Texas) was awarded a one-year contract extension by NASA for services required to continue the development and operation of the International Space Station (ISS).
Read Morehe Ulysses spacecraft was launched in 1990 on a planned five-year mission; keeping the hugely successful spacecraft operating for more than 17 years has presented operations engineers on the ground with a series of unique challenges.
Read MoreThe first fully automated docking with the International Space Station (ISS) has been accomplished by the European Space Agency's ATV Jules Verne.
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