Orbital Renames Medium-Class Rocket “Antares”
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced on December 12th that it had given its Taurus II medium-lift launch vehicle a new name: Antares. The... Read more →
NASA Launches Third Rock Radio Station
Source: NASA WASHINGTON -- NASA's mission of discovery and exploration will be showcased in a custom-produced Internet music radio station... Read more →
Soyuz Readying for Second Kourou Launch
The Launch Site in Kourou, French Guiana (Credits: Ria Novosti). Final preparations are underway for the December 16 launch of Soyuz from the... Read more →
Boeing Proposes Platform To Host Reusable Lunar Lander
The SLS Launch Pad (Credits: NASA). Boeing has proposed an Exploration Gateway Platform architecture that will combine NASA's Space Launch... Read more →
Japanese Spy Satellite Launched
On December 12 at 0121 GMT, Japan successfully launched a new spy satellite into orbit atop a H2-A rocket. The satellite, built by Mitsubishi... Read more →
Much Ado About Space Debris
A "beehive" of satellites contributes to the ever growing space debris population. (Credits: NASA). In recent days there has been a hutesium et... Read more →