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On August 19, Russia successfully launched the US Intelsat-21 telecommunications satellite into orbit with the Zenit-3SL boosters from the Odyssey floating platform on t…
According to the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Zenit-2SL rocket carrying the Intelsat 19 satellite was launched from the Odyssey launcher in the Pacific…
The third European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will be removed from the launch platform by the European Space Agency (ESA) on March 23, with the task of carrying su…
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on December 13 moved the Soyuz spacecraft into the launch pad, preparing for a flight into space, ...
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just completed moving Endeavor into its launch pad, starting the first space shuttle mission this year, according…
The space shuttle Discovery darted into the night sky, leaving a huge trail of smoke below, beginning its mission to upgrade the 14-day ISS International Space Station.
On November 10, engineers from the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) moved the Atlantis space shuttle into the launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Flori…
The final stages are being completed by Vietnam and the US contractor to launch the VINASAT-1 satellite into orbit expected on March 28, 2008. Mr. Nguyen Quang Hung, Dep…
China's Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft is ready on the launch pad, to prepare for the
By 17:00 on May 15 (Vietnam time), the Ariane 5 rocket is expected to put the Vinasat-2 satellite on orbit ready at the launch site of Kourou (Guyana). The countdown sys…
Yesterday, 3.5, Space Shuttle Discovery was moved by the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) to the launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA) to prepare f…