Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corporation are in competition to build the replacement Space Shuttle to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
Space scientists at the University of Calgary have a principal role in the European Space Agency (ESA) Swarm mission, a triple-satellite mission created to better understand Earth’s magnetic field, including the weakening of our planet’s protective “shield” against cosmic radiation
ORBCOMM announced that its globaltrak division has completed the shipment of its fuel monitoring system, which is designed to prevent theft of mission-critical fuel used by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Armed with only a team of student volunteers and a workspace in his mother’s backyard, 28-year-old Chris Nsamba has set out to build and launch Uganda’s first space observer.
Astrium Satellites and Thales Alenia Space have been declared the winners of an €800 million contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defense. The recent announcement names Astrium as the lead contractor for the Falcon Eye program, a UAE defense initiative responsible for managing next-generation military surveillance satellites.