18 March 2016
President of ISA Against Avio Takeover
... Safran Launchers, the prime contractor for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6, is expected to become a 74 percent shareholder of launch-service provider Arianespace once the European Commission clears the company’s purchase of the 35 percent of Arianespace owned...
12 July 2022
Star billing for first Webb picture
... beginning at 16:30 CEST. Webb is the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. Under an international collaboration agreement, ESA provided the telescope’s launch service, using the Ariane rocket. For more information see: Essential...
28 September 2022
Firms pioneer embryo conception mission for ‘space mice'
... next year of the ARTIS (Assisted Reproduction Technology in Space) mission which will use Independence-X’s low-cost launch service and re-entry capsule. “Our ARTIS prototype is in full development to prepare for the first test flight. Our...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
... project at JPL in Pasadena, California, manages rover development for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... Air Force in 2018 for a launch services agreement that will help us to develop and certify the ... the Moon). And finally there is the national security market, launching payloads for the US Department of Defense and other national security agencies...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
... upgraded version that first flew in December. FALCON92 The launch was also the first SpaceX launch under NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP), which contracts for the launch of NASA-sponsored spacecraft separately from the agency’s commercial cargo...
