Space

  • Launches

    Launches

    Ariane 5 Preparations Build Toward Launch Next Week The two satellites for the next Ariane 5 flight are in final preparation at the European Spaceport in French Guiana in South […]

  • Launch Schedule

    Launch Schedule

    2007 Dec. 6 + STS-122 STS-122 will deliver the Columbus European Laboratory Module and will be the twenty-fourth mission to the International Space Station. Launch Time: 4:34 p.m. EST 2008 […]

  • In The News

    In The News

  • Contracts

    Contracts

    EADS, Astrium, Snare US$39.9 Million French Contract The French military gave the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) and Astrium a Euro28 million ($39.9 million) contract, the company announced. […]

  • In The News

    In The News

  • Discovery To Lift Off At 11:38 A.M. Tomorrow With Acceptable Risk

    Discovery To Lift Off At 11:38 A.M. Tomorrow With Acceptable Risk

    Space Shuttle Discovery will launch at 11:38 a.m. ET tomorrow from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in a flight that may not be completely safe, but will have […]

  • Rocketplane Kistler Ousted From COTS; New Competition Announced Today

    Rocketplane Kistler Ousted From COTS; New Competition Announced Today

    Rocketplane Kistler lost its deal to develop rocket transportation to haul cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA will open new competition for companies wishing to share in […]

  • America, Israel Cooperate To Develop Defense Against Short-Range Missiles

    America, Israel Cooperate To Develop Defense Against Short-Range Missiles

    Barak, On U.S. Tour, Visits With U.S. Defense Chief Gates A new American-Israeli joint development program aims to produce a missile defense capability that would be effective against long-range threats, […]

  • China Will Attack U.S. Space Assets In Any War; Pentagon Must Field Defenses

    China Will Attack U.S. Space Assets In Any War; Pentagon Must Field Defenses

    China will drop its adherence to rules barring war in space, in any future conflict with the United States, and attack U.S. space assets, so American forces need to field […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    Soyuz Lifts Four Satellites For Globalstar, Arianespace Announces A Soyuz lifter rushed four satellites into orbit for Globalstar, rising from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Arianespace announced. It was the 12th […]