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The European Space Agency has reported the Herschel spacecraft is now installed in the Large Space Simulator (LSS) at ESTEC and is now ready for thermal balance and thermal vacuum tests. This is the final system test in the environmental test campaign series.
Read MoreThe ESA's LISA Pathfinder has successfully completed a series of tests devised to characterise the shocks that the spacecraft will experience at launcher separation and when the science and propulsion modules separate upon reaching the operational orbit at L1.
Read MoreIt's time to take the space lab and bury it in the Pacific Ocean. The Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station on Friday evening (November 14, 2008), mission control said on Monday. Russia also said the spacecraft will be used as a "space laboratory" until December 6 or 7 before reentering the Earth's atmosphere and being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean.
Read MoreAll appears to be a "Go" for the launch of shuttle Endeavour this Friday, with the countdown starting last Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. This is the fourth and final mission for this year and is scheduled to liftoff from Kennedy Space Center at 7:55 p.m. on the 14th.
Read MoreIndia's maiden unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached its final orbital home, about 100 kms over the moon surface.
Read MoreLast Wednesday morning, China placed two satellites into orbit after they were successfully launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.</font
Read MoreFollowing the successful “Vega Maiden Flight CubeSat Workshop” held at ESA/ESTEC in January 2008, which was the first CubeSat workshop to be held at the European-level, the ESA Education Office is pleased to announce the Second European CubeSat Workshop will take place in ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, from January 20th through the 22nd. 2009.
Read MoreOff and away — the fifth Eurostar satellite delivered by Astrium this year, and the second of four satellites built by Astrium for SES Astra, was launched on a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) November 6, 02:44 Baikonur time, or November 5, 15:44 EST; 20:44 GMT.
Read MoreOff and away — the fifth Eurostar satellite delivered by Astrium this year, and the second of four satellites built by Astrium for SES Astra, was launched on a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) November 6 02:44 Baikonur time, or November 5, 15:44 EST; 20:44 GMT.
Read MoreNASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-126 mission. Commander Chris Ferguson and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 7:55 p.m. EST on Nov. 14.
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