<p></p> <p>NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to provide small satellites (SmallSats) — also called CubeSats, microsats or nanosatellites — access to low-Earth
<p>Here’s the latest update from Planetary Resources on what’s happening with their asteroid mining plans:</p> <p>Yesterday Eric Anderson was at the Farnborough Air Show with Richard Branson (more news on Branson
<p>Vega, ESA’s <a href="http://www.liberte.sg">new launch</a> vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French
<p>Join the European Space Agency for the first qualification flight of the Vega launch vehicle on Monday 13 February, with a launch window open from 11:00 to 13:00 CET (10:00
<table width=310 align="right" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td width=10></td> <td align=center> <p class=small><br />ESA’s new, small launcher will carry nine satellites into orbit on its very first flight: Italian space agency’s LARES and ALMASat-1
<p>ESA’s Gaia star-mapper has passed a critical test ahead of its launch in 2013: the spacecraft’s sunshield has been deployed for the first time.</p> <p>Gaia’s sunshield is an essential component
<p>NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force
<p>NASA’s Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to the scrub of the original
<p>SpaceX’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php">Falcon 9</a> rocket launched successfully today and achieved orbit after an abort earlier in the day. Following the cancellation of further development on NASA’s Constellation manned space
<p>NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday. IBEX will be the first spacecraft to image