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Launch campaign underway for next Air Force Delta 4 rocket

June 17, 2015 Justin Ray

With the Delta 4 rocket now waiting on the launch pad, its Air Force Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite payload has jetted from the Los Angeles factory to the Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff this summer.

Long-lived tropical weather satellite re-enters

June 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

A 2.9-ton rainfall research satellite fell into Earth’s atmosphere Tuesday for a destructive re-entry after a 17-year mission, according to NASA.

Engineers seek to stabilize radio link with comet lander

June 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

Emboldened by renewed contact with Europe’s comet lander, engineers are repositioning the mission’s Rosetta mothership this week to establish a reliable a communications link with the dishwasher-sized Philae landing craft, a prerequisite for resuming a science campaign abbreviated by a power shortfall last year.

Space Florida to take over KSC’s shuttle runway

June 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA will hand over control of the Kennedy Space Center’s disused space shuttle landing strip to the state of Florida on June 22 in a major step toward repurposing the three-mile-long runway for future spacecraft, officials said Monday.

OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellites

June 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

Airbus Defense and Space and OneWeb, a startup backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and wireless tech giant Qualcomm, announced Monday plans to set up a joint venture for the construction of 900 Internet broadcasting satellites for launches beginning in 2018.

Two ‘microprobes’ to accompany InSight lander to Mars

June 14, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA managers have formally approved the launch of two small CubeSat-based satellites with the InSight Mars lander next year, adding an experimental data relay capability to give ground controllers news about the landing’s outcome.

Comet lander wakes up!

June 14, 2015 William Harwood

The European Philae comet lander, out of power and presumably lost after bouncing into heavily shadowed terrain last November, phoned home Saturday after finally getting enough sunlight on its solar panels to transmit data to the Rosetta orbiter for relay to Earth.

Launch campaign underway for next Air Force Delta 4 rocket

Long-lived tropical weather satellite re-enters

Engineers seek to stabilize radio link with comet lander

Space Florida to take over KSC’s shuttle runway

OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellites

Two ‘microprobes’ to accompany InSight lander to Mars

Comet lander wakes up!

Photos: Space crew welcomed home after 199-day mission

France to privatize its Arianespace shares

Jack King, ‘Voice of NASA,’ dies at 84