Soyuz rocket blasts off from French Guiana

2011-10-21T04:00:08Z

KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from French Guiana Friday bearing the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo global positioning system.

The launch from Europe's space base in South...

Soyuz set for first French Guiana launch

2011-10-19T09:01:19Z

PARIS (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket will blast off from French Guiana on Thursday in a new East-West partnership designed to redraw commercial competition in space.

The scheduled lift-off is the first time that Soyuz, which first flew in 1966 and traces its roots back even further to the earliest Cold War intercontinental ballist...

Russia launches first Soyuz rocket since August crash

2011-10-02T19:30:31Z

A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite on Sunday, the defence ministry said, in the first launch since a freighter carried by the flagship vehicle crashed into Earth in August.

Russia has "successfully completed the launch of a Soyuz-2 rocket with the GLONASS-M (satellite) at 0015 (2015 GMT)," Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin was quoted as saying by the Mercury will be launched by Ariane 5 rocket in July 2014 under a contract announced on Thursday by Arianespace.

The BepiColombo mission, named after a 20th-century Italian mathematician who studied the rotation of Mercury, comprises two probes that will enter orbit around ...

Lockheed, Boeing in $1.1 billion US Air Force deal

2011-06-30T15:30:22Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, has won a $1.1 billion U.S. Air Force contract for work on the Evolved Expendable Launch Veh...

NASA ocean-watch satellite set for Friday launch

2011-06-09T12:30:31Z

The US space agency said it would attempt to launch on Friday a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate.

The launch of Aquarius/SAC-D was delayed from June 9 to June 10 to allow engineers time to review an "inconsistency found in the Delta II launch vehicle flight profile for wind conditions on the day of launch,"

Russia says foreign power may have caused spy satellite loss

2011-02-14T14:30:38Z

The Russian space agency suggested Monday that a foreign power may have been behind the space accident that disabled one of the country's most modern military satellites earlier this month.

Russia on February 1 launched a high-tech Geo-IK-2 craft to help the military draw a three-dimensional map of the Earth and locate the precise positions of various ...

Arianespace says it plans 12 launches in 2011

2011-01-04T15:30:53Z

Arianespace said on Tuesday that it planned 10 launches in 2011, including six of its Ariane 5 rockets and the first Russian Soyuz rockets from the European space base in French Guiana beginning in August.

The company, which managed only six instead of seven launches of its heavy-lift Ariane 5 rockets in 2010 owing to ...

Europe launcher puts Spanish, S.Korean satellites into orbit

2010-12-29T21:30:16Z

An Ariane 5 heavy rocket lifted off from Europe's space base on French Guiana Wednesday and put into orbit the South Korean Koreasat 6 and Spanish Hispasat 1E telecommunications satellites.

The launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou was the Ariane 5 launcher's sixth and last miss...

Ariane 5 brings satellite broadband closer to home

2010-11-29T14:34:25Z

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Private Rocket Builder to Launch Demo Flights From Florida

2010-11-29T14:50:55Z

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Politics should not dictate design of NASA rockets

2010-11-29T14:47:01Z

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2010-11-29T14:59:18Z

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US launches giant eavesdropping satellite

2010-11-22T14:31:09Z

The United States has placed in orbit a vast reconnaissance satellite reputed to be the largest eavesdropping device ever launched into space.

The largest unmanned American launch vehicle, the Delta-4 Heavy rocket, roared into the the night sky in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday carrying the mysterious satellite on a mission dubbed NROL-3...

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2010-11-29T14:59:12Z

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2010-11-29T14:59:12Z

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Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Aces Its 3rd Glide Flight

2010-11-29T14:50:53Z

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Iran's Space Program: Lots of Talk, but a Chance to Shine

2010-11-29T14:50:52Z

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engine Helps Boost 350th Launch of a Delta Vehicle

2010-11-29T14:44:32Z

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U.S. Air Force Ponders New Rocket Engine

2010-11-05T07:01:59Z

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Brand New Satellite Declared Dead After Launch

2010-11-03T16:57:12Z

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Six Flags Kingda Ka - Roller Coaster

2010-11-03T02:40:54Z

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6 New Globalstar Communication Satellites Reach Orbit

2010-10-19T17:19:36Z

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Soyuz Rocket to Launch New Satellites for Globalstar Network

2010-11-02T14:13:02Z

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2010-11-02T18:24:45Z

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2010-11-03T00:10:26Z

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2010-11-05T09:57:25Z

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Launch of US space surveillance satellite set

2010-09-23T07:28:55Z

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Air Force's Vandenberg Team Guides Nation's Critical Space Launches

2010-09-21T15:00:37Z

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Soyuz, Vega Flights from French Guiana Set for 2011

2010-09-15T19:17:07Z

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2010-09-12T00:57:43Z

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2010-11-05T10:00:34Z

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First Flight of European Soyuz Delayed Again

2010-09-11T16:52:24Z

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2010-11-05T09:59:03Z

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Group of Navigation Satellites Launched by Proton Rocket

2010-09-11T16:51:24Z

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Report on E Learning Software World Market Segmentation by City 2009

2010-09-09T13:59:11Z

Report on E Learning Software World Market Segmentation by City 2009

This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world", citie...

The Moon: Creating Capability in Space and Getting Value for our Money

2010-11-03T08:49:23Z

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Homemade 10-rocket launcher

2010-11-02T13:29:06Z

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Report on Sports and Fitness Clothing World Market Segmentation by City

2010-10-06T01:42:25Z

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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world",...

Report on Human Resources Outsourcing HRO Services World Market Segmentation by City 2009

2010-09-09T11:56:00Z

Report on Human Resources Outsourcing HRO Services World Market Segmentation by City 2009

This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. Wi...

Black Day at White Sands

2010-11-03T08:49:21Z

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U.S. Army Wants Nanomissiles to Launch Small Satellites

2010-09-11T16:46:50Z

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Will we ever have space ships parked in our garages?

2010-09-11T06:44:28Z

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Richard Branson's Space Travel Dreams

2010-11-02T12:25:19Z

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Honeywell gets $90M rocket launch contract

2010-10-27T14:09:34Z

Honeywell awarded $90 million contract for work on rocket launches

Honeywell International Inc. said Friday that it was awarded a $90 million contract for work on a rocket program.

The contract is for avionics for guidance and navigation for the Atlas V rocket. It was awarded by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between

Black Days at White Sands

2010-11-03T08:49:21Z

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Report on Home Based Businesses World Market Segmentation by City 2009

2010-10-06T01:42:14Z

Report on Home Based Businesses World Market Segmentation by City 2009

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SpaceX

2010-11-02T15:40:01Z

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Uses of Rockets-From Military Artillary to Space Travel

2010-10-27T08:39:43Z

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Debating the Future of NASA

2010-10-27T09:10:35Z

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History of Rocket Development--From the Edge of Space to the Conquest of Space

2010-10-27T08:37:57Z

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'Rogue' NASA Administrator Gets the Axe

2010-10-27T07:26:44Z

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Space-science hopes rest on Falcon 9 rocket test

2010-10-27T07:27:54Z

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Obama's 'Proven' SM-3 Missile Interceptor May Only Succeed 20 Percent of the Time, Say Physicists

2010-10-27T07:26:39Z

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First Soyuz launch from Europe's space base for last quarter 2010

2010-10-27T14:06:33Z

The first launch of Russia's Soyuz rocket from Europe's space base in French Guiana, initially scheduled for the end of 2009, will now take place "during the fourth quarter of 2010," satellite launch operators Arianespace announced on Tuesday.

In a press release, Arianespace said...

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2010-10-27T08:34:33Z

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"Rogue" NASA Administrator Angling to Save Ares I Rocket Program from Budget Axe

2010-10-27T07:26:27Z

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To do the heavy lifting

2010-11-03T08:49:11Z

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Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane

2010-04-03T21:30:38Z

Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane resembling tiny space shuttle

After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.

The ultimate purpose of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle and details about the craft, which has been passed between several gove...

China's Moon Rocket May Take a Cue From the Saturn V

2010-10-27T07:25:58Z

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A Successful Endeavor to Develop Low-Cost Space Vehicles

2010-10-25T08:10:58Z

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NASA dims lights for Constellation program (photos)

2010-10-22T15:13:12Z

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Beyond LEO – Flexible Path Revisited

2010-11-03T08:49:02Z

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Gaia to lift off from Europe's Spaceport on a Soyuz launcher

2010-10-22T15:15:56Z

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NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

2010-04-16T08:42:00Z

NASA still puzzled why 2 of 3 parachutes failed in October test of proposed Ares moon rocket

NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.

The two-minute flight of the Ares I-X rocket went well Oct. 28. But only one of the three main parachutes on the first-stage booster opened properly. That cause...

Analyzing the Flight of Ares I-X

2010-10-26T23:11:13Z

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Is NASA's 'paper rocket' the year's best invention?

2010-10-22T14:51:04Z

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Russian rockets shipped for French Guiana launch

2010-04-16T09:19:56Z

The first Russian rockets to be fired into space next year from a space centre in distant South America were Saturday to begin the long voyage to the launch site from Saint Petersburg.

Two Russian Soyuz rockets, the mainstay of its space programme, were later Saturday to leave the northern city by ship bound for the French overseas department of 2 of 3 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight, causing damage to booster

Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.

The problem caused the Ares I-X booster to slam into the Atlantic Ocean harde...

Parachute failure only blemish in successful Ares test flight

2010-10-22T08:02:28Z

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Ares I-X: An Illustrated History

2010-10-26T23:14:44Z

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NASA: Test Rocket Damage Caused by Parachute Failure

2010-10-26T23:21:53Z

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NASA Hails New Moon Rocket's First Test Launch

2010-10-26T23:21:53Z

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NASA launches world's tallest rocket

2010-04-16T09:34:45Z

NASA launched Wednesday a new rocket it hopes will one day return astronauts to the Moon on a two-minute test flight.

The Ares I-X rocket blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida after a series of delays due to poor weather conditions.

Standing 327 feet (100 me...

Blasts Off for Ares I-X

2010-10-26T23:11:09Z

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NASA hopes weather will allow new rocket liftoff

2010-04-16T09:35:10Z

NASA is hoping calmer weather Wednesday will permit a second-attempt launch of a prototype rocket that could take astronauts back to the Moon, and perhaps one day also send them to Mars.

Liftoff is targeted for a four-hour window from 8:00 am (1200 GMT), with a break in weather between 8:15 am and 8:30 am being the most likely chance for launch.

A first attempt Tuesday was delay as the weather, followed by a ship at sea and then clouds ...

NASA Tries Again to Launch Ares I-X

2010-10-26T23:14:43Z

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Launch of new NASA rocket delayed

2010-04-16T09:36:36Z

NASA has delayed until Wednesday the launch of its new Ares I-X rocket on its first test flight, US space agency officials said.

NASA's lofty new rocket arrived at the launching pad Tuesday for a test flight next week that comes at a time when the future of the country's spaceflight program is up in the air.

It's the first time in 34 years that a rocket other than the space shuttle has stood at Launch Pad 39-B. NASA modified the pad for this rocket, which is supposed ...

Ares Rocket Poses on Launchpad Before First Flight

2010-10-26T23:14:40Z

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High-stakes test looms for space shuttle successor

2010-10-22T07:51:58Z

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Compass Shows the Way

2010-10-22T12:13:41Z

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Space Breakthrough

2010-10-22T11:49:58Z

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CoRoT

2010-10-22T11:31:53Z

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Gas stations in space

2010-11-03T08:48:52Z

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NASA Test Fires Ares First Stage Rocket Motor

2010-10-26T21:31:12Z

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Rocket test in northern Utah goes off problem-free

2010-04-16T10:24:07Z

NASA contractor pleased with test firing of moon rocket in northern Utah

The first test of NASA's powerful moon rocket went off without a problem Thursday as more than a million pounds of propellant ignited in a split second, sending a towering plume of sand and dust high into the Utah sky.

For more than two minutes, flames roared out the end of the 154-foot Ares I rocket, which ...

ATK successfully test fires Ares 1 booster

2010-10-22T08:00:11Z

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Ares Program Director Resigns

2010-10-26T21:29:19Z

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Test Rocket

2010-12-08T14:04:15Z

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Spaceships for Hire

2010-11-25T07:31:30Z

FILE - In this April 15, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, looks at the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle with Elon Musk, of SpaceX, center, at NASA, Space Shuttle and International Space Station crew members gather for a group portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station Wednesday April 14, 2010. The Space Shuttle crew members ...

Obama

2010-04-15T12:31:56Z

President Barack Obama walks to the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle with Elon Musk, of SpaceX left, Thusday, April 15, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center<...

APTOPIX Mideast Iran

2010-03-28T01:10:10Z

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, listens to his Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, as he looks at engine of a domestically-built satellite booster rocket, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. President Ahmadinejad unveiled the domestically-built satellite booster rocket, ...

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Soyuz rocket blasts off from French Guiana

Soyuz set for first French Guiana launch

Russia launches first Soyuz rocket since August crash

Lockheed, Boeing in $1.1 billion US Air Force deal

NASA ocean-watch satellite set for Friday launch

Russia says foreign power may have caused spy satellite loss

Arianespace says it plans 12 launches in 2011

Europe launcher puts Spanish, S.Korean satellites into orbit

Ariane 5 brings satellite broadband closer to home

Private Rocket Builder to Launch Demo Flights From Florida

Politics should not dictate design of NASA rockets

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Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Aces Its 3rd Glide Flight

Iran's Space Program: Lots of Talk, but a Chance to Shine

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U.S. Air Force Ponders New Rocket Engine

Brand New Satellite Declared Dead After Launch

Six Flags Kingda Ka - Roller Coaster

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Soyuz Rocket to Launch New Satellites for Globalstar Network

Spaceships That Never Were

Ares I Launch Success

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Launch of US space surveillance satellite set

Air Force's Vandenberg Team Guides Nation's Critical Space Launches

Soyuz, Vega Flights from French Guiana Set for 2011

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First Flight of European Soyuz Delayed Again

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Group of Navigation Satellites Launched by Proton Rocket

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Honeywell gets $90M rocket launch contract

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'Rogue' NASA Administrator Gets the Axe

Space-science hopes rest on Falcon 9 rocket test

Obama's 'Proven' SM-3 Missile Interceptor May Only Succeed 20 Percent of the Time, Say Physicists

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"Rogue" NASA Administrator Angling to Save Ares I Rocket Program from Budget Axe

To do the heavy lifting

Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane

China's Moon Rocket May Take a Cue From the Saturn V

A Successful Endeavor to Develop Low-Cost Space Vehicles

NASA dims lights for Constellation program (photos)

Beyond LEO – Flexible Path Revisited

Gaia to lift off from Europe's Spaceport on a Soyuz launcher

NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

Analyzing the Flight of Ares I-X

Is NASA's 'paper rocket' the year's best invention?

Russian rockets shipped for French Guiana launch

Parachute failure only blemish in successful Ares test flight

Ares I-X: An Illustrated History

NASA: Test Rocket Damage Caused by Parachute Failure

NASA Hails New Moon Rocket's First Test Launch

NASA launches world's tallest rocket

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NASA hopes weather will allow new rocket liftoff

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