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...
18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
...said Geoffrey Yoder, acting associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "This mission marks a significant milestone in NASA's Journey to Mars to determine whether life has ever existed on Mars, and to advance our goal...
25 August 2016
Earth-sized planet found around our nearest neighbouring star
... from specialists all around the world have been included on the paper submitted to Nature, describing this milestone finding. ”This work has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of planets around the nearest stars, and now...
