Will Allow For Quicker Turnarounds Of Secretive Space Plane
Boeing has signed an agreement with NASA to convert a former Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) at Kennedy Space Center on Florida's central east coast into the new home for the Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. Boeing announced the agreement last Friday.
WISE Observatory Had Been Shut Down In 2011 Following Completion Of Primary Mission
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid -- its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year.
Observations To Begin After Instrument Testing And Calibration
ESA’s billion-star surveyor Gaia is now in its operational orbit around a gravitationally stable virtual point in space called ‘L2’, 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) from Earth. Gaia has been travelling towards L2 since 19 December, when, just before dawn local time, it was launched from ESA’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Wednesday Launch Scrubbed Due To High Levels Of Radiation In Space
Orbital Sciences has confirmed it will proceed with a launch attempt from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. at 1307 EST Thursday, Jan. 9 of its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, pending closeout of all remaining prelaunch reviews and tests.
Obama Administration 'Hopeful' That International Community Will Follow Suit
As more than 30 heads of space agencies from around the world prepare to gather in Washington January 9-10 for an unprecedented summit on the future of space exploration, the White House issued a news release saying that the Obama Administration has approved an extension of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2024.
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