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On This Day in Space! Feb. 26, 1966: 1st launch of Saturn 1B rocket Space 26/02/2021 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space NASAs first Saturn 1B rocket launches into space carrying the first Apollo spacecraft on Feb. 26, 1966. On Feb. 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight.  Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper stage, it was designed to carry the Apollo Command/Serv...

Stage set for the launch of Amazonia-1 satellite of Brazil onboard PSLV on Sunday Huma Siddiqui © Provided by The Financial Express According to ISRO, “PSLV-C51 will be launching Amazonia-1 as the primary satellite. There will be 18 co-passengers and it will be using `DL variant of PSLV which is equipped with two solid strap on boosters.” This week will witness the launch of the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-51 at 10.28...

History beyond the clouds: 1968 Earthrise photo and lunar landing images are among 600 snaps of space travel through the ages that are set to fetch thousands at auction Earthrise image, taken during NASAs Apollo 8 mission, showed planet as it looked from 240,000 miles away Collection has been compiled from several unnamed sellers by auctioneers Dreweatts of Newbury, Berkshire Also seen among the collection is the first man to make it into space, the Soviet Unions Yuri Gagarin And the first prim...

The successful launch of the 15th cargo mission Thales Alenia Space confirms its unrivaled expertise in flight-proven spacecraft technologies and its longstanding partnership with Northrop Grumman Turin, February 22, 2021 – Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been confirmed by Northrop Grumman to deliver pressurized cargo modules for the 18th and 19th Cygnus cargo mission. This contract extension reaffirms the longstanding collaboration between th...

Often, I have written of my love of aviation. Growing up in McAlester, I was an aviation/NASA geek. So, it comes to no surprise my admiration and appreciation of the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford. Let me just point out, if you have never been, I would strongly encourage you to do so at some point. And if it has been awhile since you were there, it is time to go back! Named for Oklahoma native Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, the Smithsonian-affiliated museum is in the process of add...

Updated on February 4, 2021 at 12:01 pm NBCWashington Northrop Grumman is naming their next spacecraft headed to the International Space Station in honor of NASA mathematician and American hero Katherine Johnson. Johnson, a Black woman, is most famous for her handwritten computations that played a pivotal role in the United States achieving manned spaceflight in the 1960s. The story of the brilliant work performed by Johnson and two of her colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, was told ...

Updated on February 4, 2021 at 11:01 am NBCWashington Northrop Grumman is naming their next spacecraft headed to the International Space Station in honor of NASA mathematician and American hero Katherine Johnson. Johnson, a Black woman, is most famous for her handwritten computations that played a pivotal role in the United States achieving manned spaceflight in the 1960s. The story of the brilliant work performed by Johnson and two of her colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, was told ...

NASA Fifty years ago today, on January 31, 1971, at 4:03 pm EST, a Saturn V rocket lifted off from Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center carrying Apollo 14 – the Moon mission that would make or break the US space program. If Apollo 14 is remembered at all by most people, its mainly as the answer to trivia questions like, who was the oldest man to walk on the Moon, or what is the longest lunar golf drive? But it was far more than that. Arguably, it was one of the most importan...

The last few weeks have been filled with news of NASA’s Space Launch System, as the rocket is undergoing the final testing stages before lifting off later this year in its first official mission. The goal of the mission, and by extension, the goal of the rocket, is to take the Orion capsule beyond Earth’s gravity well.

Thales Alenia Space Delivers The High Gain Antenna For The Euclid Space Telescope Thales Alenia Space in Spain is responsible for the Euclid communications system, one of its major contracts in 30 years of activity in Spain The mission, to be launched in 2022, will study dark energy and dark matter to help understand the origin of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has delivered the K-band high gain antenna t...