05 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
... was carrying a Morelos-3 satellite for Mexico’s network of satellites, but The Washington Post reported that the milestone launch came at a time when ULA is facing high pressure due to competition and U.S. government restrictions on the use...
11 December 2015
ISS Crew have undocked and are heading for Earth
... - Russian year long mission in preparation for activities linked with NASA’s journey to Mars. During this milestone, the two crew members are undergoing five behavioural health investigations to examine cognitive performance, brain structure, ...
17 December 2015
Google Lunar XPRIZE deadline extended until next year
... see significant progress from our Google Lunar XPRIZE teams, most recently demonstrated in the pursuit of the Milestone Prizes, in which teams exhibited substantial technological achievements that will ultimately support their missions," said Robert...
21 December 2015
SpaceX’s postponed rocket launch due for lift off today
... is to deliver 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit for ORBCOMM, a global communications company. The liftoff will mark an important milestone for SpaceX following the June 28 accident, when just over two minutes after launching from Cape...
22 December 2015
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully
... said in a brief media teleconference about an hour after the launch. The launch and landing are important milestones for SpaceX. This launch was the first for Falcon 9 since June, when a cargo mission to the...
12 February 2016
A scientific breakthrough as gravitational waves detected for the first time
..., such as LIGO and the Virgo detector in Italy. “This observation is truly incredible science and marks three milestones for physics: the direct detection of gravitational waves, the first detection of a binary black hole, and the...
