Galileo: second pair to launch 28 September
The European Space Agency is to launch a second pair of Galileo navigation satellites on 28 September before beginning a fast-track launch schedule in 2013 to orbit 18 satellites by the end of 2014 for...
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IAC Naples: Space agency heads note they have to specialise while ESA backs...
At the plenary session held at the International Astronautical Congress involving all the main heads of the world’s space agencies, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden hailed international cooperation as...
View ArticleGalileo is go – contracts signed
Europe formally put its Galileo satellite navigation project on track to provide a functional service during 2014 and near-global coverage in 2015 with the signing of contracts to build and launch...
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Soyuz TMA-08M returns to Earth safely with its three ISS astronaut crew
The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft successfully returned to Earth at 0258 GMT on 11 September 2013 with its three crew of US astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogfradov and Alexander...
View ArticleSoyuz TMA-010M is launched carrying crew of three and docks with...
The Soyuz TMA-010M spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle at 2058 GMT on 25 September 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (near Tyuratam) in Kazakhstan with a crew consisting of NASA...
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Soyuz TMA-011M launches towards International Space Station with three crew...
At 0414 GMT Launch on 7 November, Soyuz TMA-011M (on flight ISS-37S) was successfully launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) which had passed over...
View ArticleSoyuz TMA-09M returns “spacewalked” Olympic Torch (and crew) safely to Earth
The manned Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Italian ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and US NASA astronaut, Karen Nyberg and an Olympic torch safely back to Earth,...
View ArticleTwo Russian military officers killed in propellant tank rescue attempt at...
Russian military authorities have revealed that in an incident at the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia on 9 November 2013, two military officers were killed attempting to rescue a soldier who...
View ArticleProgress M-021M freighter is launched by Soyuz U launch vehicle on slow...
An unmanned Russian Progress M-021M (ISS-53P) cargo spacecraft/freighter has been launched into orbit on a Soyuz U launch vehicle on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took...
View ArticleFinal orbital rocket launches of year include junior Soyuz making debut
There were four launches made over the Christmas period. At 1642 GMT on 20 December, a Chinese Long March 3B/E launch vehicle successfully launched the Tupac Katari communications spacecraft for teh...
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