01 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... launch on the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will occur in 2017. The SLS has Boeing as its main contractor, with a Launch Abort System provided by Orbital Sciences in the US. Europe has hopes of obtaining...
12 March 2015
Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024
... for maintaining the space station’s orbit and steering the complex away from space junk. The Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft could do limited reboosts of the lab’s altitude, if required, but...
06 August 2015
NASA pays Roscosmos $490 million for ISS access even as U.S.-Russia relations at a historic low
... to the International Space Station. Congressional funding for the ISS programme is lacking. Private vessels being developed by Boeing and SpaceX in the U.S. are not yet available for manned missions. This leaves no other option for...
04 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
... timepiece ever worn on a lunar spacewalk, which will be up for online bidding on October 15. Finally, United Launch Alliance, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, held its 100th successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday. The...
17 November 2015
Elon Musk's SpaceX may partner with the U.S. government
... in a joint satellite launching venture. At this time, after United Launch Alliance, a partnership between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, withdrew its bid for a U.S. Air Force global positioning satellite supplier contract, SpaceX remains the only...
08 March 2016
Falcon 9 Successfully Launches SES-9
... restricted waters offshore. The mission was originally scheduled for launch for the fall of 2015. The Boeing-built SES-9 will operate at 108.2 degrees east in geostationary orbit. The spacecraft’s 81 Ku-band transponders will provide...
