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...
17 June 2016
ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter Sends Back First Mars Image
... better, high-resolution images will be sent back after the spacecraft's arrival to Mars, this was a significant milestone for the mission's camera team. “The images have confirmed the sensitivity of the instrument and are...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
... the second half of 2018. NASA officials present at the test had noted that this was another milestone on the road to EM-1. Alex Priskos, NASA booster manager, said that “this was a big deal today, the...
