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Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), will be launched next year by a specific version of Ariane 5 called the Ariane 5 Evolution Storable upper stage Automated Transfer Vehicle, or A5 ES-ATV for short. Although the ATV does not use the powerful ECA ve...

NASA has told the team developing an asteroid mission to "stand down" from launch preparations. The Dawn spacecraft was scheduled for launch in June 2006 on a missiom to the large asteroids [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&subForumID=163878&action=view...

Indian scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), speaking at the second European Conference for Aerospace Sciences in Brussels, have provided details of the reusable launch vehicle demonstrator's sub-orbital flight, due for 2009. To be launched on an 11.5m -tall solid ro...

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress 26P cargo ship is scheduled to be launch to the International Space Station, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 17:33 GMT on 7th August. Docking is planned for 18:40 GMT, on 5th August.

The International Space Station seems set to become a purely Russian venture. Despite declarations to the contrary, it seems that the United States is likely to pull out in the near future. Europe may retain its interest, however, as the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to send its Jules Verne...

The boundaries of interplanetary space exploration have been given a major shove into new territory by the Stevenage hub of one of the worlds leading space systems manufacturers, Astrium. The £2 billion company, which is grabbing the headlines with its catchy design for a tourist space jet, has al...

NASA has finalised crew assignments for two space shuttle missions targeted for launch in 2007 to continue assembly of the International Space Station. Frederick Sturckow, a Marine colonel, will command STS-117. The mission will deliver the second and third starboard truss segments (S3/S...

Top Gears reliant robin rocket launch. (Old news) 10th March 2007.

A Russian Progress M-60 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 25P) will launch the 25th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station, at 03:25 GMT May 12, from the [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=3058973]Baik...

NASA Announces 14th International Space Station Crew NASA astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin have been named as the 14th crew of the International Space Station. Expedition 14 is scheduled to begin this fall. Lopez-Aleg...

The crew of the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has been approved and the fifth space tourist has been cleared to fly. The launch of the Russian Soyuz-TMA 10 spacecraft, carrying the 15th expedition and tourist Charles Simoni, an American of Hungarian origin, to the ISS fro...

The STS-121 launch window has been adjusted from 9 September until 22 September 2005, resulting in a 4 day window launch instead of one which was originally three weeks long.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is considering a proposal to cooperate with Russia on the development of a new manned spacecraft that could give ESA for the first time its own independent means of launching humans into space. The British newspaper The Observer reported that the ESA Council will t...

NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a day-long series of media briefings beginning at 9 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 6 from the Johnson Space Centre, Houston. The briefings will be broadcast live on NASA TV and include overviews of the space station and shuttle programs, the mission, s...

NASA has moved the Apollo 1 capsule and related materials approximately 90 feet to a newer, environmentally-controlled warehouse at NASA's Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 17.

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Spaceship ATV Ariane5 ES-ATV ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview)	Mission News	79	14583	Feb 16 23:49 2011 by Blobrana
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), will be launched next year by a specific version of Ariane 5 called the Ariane 5 Evolution Storable upper stage Automated Transfer Vehicle, or A5 ES-ATV for short. Although the ATV does not use the powerful ECA ve...
Spaceship Ceres Dawn spacecraft ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 17 ) (Preview)	Mission News	167	21332	Apr 27 11:38 2017 by Blobrana
NASA has told the team developing an asteroid mission to "stand down" from launch preparations. The Dawn spacecraft was scheduled for launch in June 2006 on a missiom to the large asteroids [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&subForumID=163878&action=view...
Spaceship ISRO ISRO re-usable launch vehicle (Preview)	Mission News	2	2482	Aug 1 11:12 2011 by Blobrana
Indian scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), speaking at the second European Conference for Aerospace Sciences in Brussels, have provided details of the reusable launch vehicle demonstrator's sub-orbital flight, due for 2009. To be launched on an 11.5m -tall solid ro...
Spaceship Progress Progress 26P launch ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mission News	11	5793	Jan 23 00:35 2008 by Blobrana
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress 26P cargo ship is scheduled to be launch to the International Space Station, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 17:33 GMT on 7th August. Docking is planned for 18:40 GMT, on 5th August.
Station Spaceship ISS International Space Station ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 57 ) (Preview)	Mission News	566	36815	Jun 1 16:19 2017 by Blobrana
The International Space Station seems set to become a purely Russian venture. Despite declarations to the contrary, it seems that the United States is likely to pull out in the near future. Europe may retain its interest, however, as the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to send its Jules Verne...
Spaceship Space tourism (Preview)	Mission News	4	2284	Apr 30 21:27 2012 by Blobrana
The boundaries of interplanetary space exploration have been given a major shove into new territory by the Stevenage hub of one of the worlds leading space systems manufacturers, Astrium. The £2 billion company, which is grabbing the headlines with its catchy design for a tourist space jet, has al...
Spaceship STS STS-117 mission ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview)	Mission News	74	13704	Jun 24 23:27 2007 by Blobrana
NASA has finalised crew assignments for two space shuttle missions targeted for launch in 2007 to continue assembly of the International Space Station. Frederick Sturckow, a Marine colonel, will command STS-117. The mission will deliver the second and third starboard truss segments (S3/S...
Spaceship Reliant robin Launch (Preview)	Mission News	0	1109	Jun 3 00:24 2007 by Blobrana
Top Gears reliant robin rocket launch. (Old news) 10th March 2007.
Spaceship Progress Progress 25P launch (Preview)	Mission News	9	3361	Sep 26 17:30 2007 by Blobrana
A Russian Progress M-60 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 25P) will launch the 25th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station, at 03:25 GMT May 12, from the [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=3058973]Baik...
Spaceship ISS Expedition 14 ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview)	Mission News	43	9316	Apr 26 23:10 2012 by Blobrana
NASA Announces 14th International Space Station Crew NASA astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin have been named as the 14th crew of the International Space Station. Expedition 14 is scheduled to begin this fall. Lopez-Aleg...
Spaceship ISS Expedition 15 ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Mission News	30	7581	Jan 30 03:15 2008 by Blobrana
The crew of the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has been approved and the fifth space tourist has been cleared to fly. The launch of the Russian Soyuz-TMA 10 spacecraft, carrying the 15th expedition and tourist Charles Simoni, an American of Hungarian origin, to the ISS fro...
Spaceship STS121 launch ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview)	Mission News	79	11681	Jul 3 22:36 2012 by Blobrana
The STS-121 launch window has been adjusted from 9 September until 22 September 2005, resulting in a 4 day window launch instead of one which was originally three weeks long.
Spaceship Kliper ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mission News	12	8343	Dec 28 19:31 2007 by Blobrana
The European Space Agency (ESA) is considering a proposal to cooperate with Russia on the development of a new manned spacecraft that could give ESA for the first time its own independent means of launching humans into space. The British newspaper The Observer reported that the ESA Council will t...
Spaceship STS STS-116 mission ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 14 ) (Preview)	Mission News	139	13978	Mar 9 15:50 2007 by Blobrana
NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a day-long series of media briefings beginning at 9 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 6 from the Johnson Space Centre, Houston. The briefings will be broadcast live on NASA TV and include overviews of the space station and shuttle programs, the mission, s...
Spaceship Apollo 1 capsule (Preview)	Mission News	5	3356	Jan 27 13:49 2017 by Blobrana
NASA has moved the Apollo 1 capsule and related materials approximately 90 feet to a newer, environmentally-controlled warehouse at NASA's Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 17.