Welding Process for Next Orion Spacecraft Begins

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8, 2015 - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NASA engineers have successfully welded the Orion spacecraft's tunnel and forward bulkhead together. The tunnel is the passageway astronauts crawl in and out of when Orion is docked with an..

Boeing: World’s First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Begins Operations

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2015 – The world’s first all-electric propulsion satellite, built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] for Bermuda-based ABS, is now operational after an on-orbit handover on August 31. The ABS-3A, a 702SP (small platform) satellite..

First International Space Camp for Arab and Jewish Pupils in Israel will take place at the 66th International Astronautical Congress

(September 10, 2015) The International Astronautical Congress hosted by the Israel Space Agency to be held in Jerusalem will include a special Space Camp dedicated to children. IAC 2015 will take place from 12-16 October 2015 in Jerusalem. Space C..

Orion and NASA’s Mission to Mars will be at IAC 2015 Critical Next Steps to be Discussed by Lead Programmers

NASA’s groundbreaking Orion program will be discussed in-depth in a special “highlight lecture” on October 15th at the International Astronautical Congress hosted this year by the Israel Space Agency in Jerusalem. Considered one of the most ..

Boeing-built Satellite Will Create First Global High-Speed Broadband Network

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 29, 2015 – When the third Boeing-built [NYSE: BA] Inmarsat-5 satellite, which is now in orbit, becomes fully operational later this year it will provide the technology and coverage necessary for worldwide high-speed broadba..