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ESA PRESS RELEASE
Ministers in charge of space activities representing the Member States of the European Space Agency and the European Union met in Brussels today for the Sixth Space Council.
Former Boeing engineer charged with espionage stands trial
Los Angeles Times
A Chinese-born engineer stole trade secrets critical to the U.S. space program and passed them to China for three decades without detection, a federal prosecutor in Santa Ana said Tuesday during opening statements.
A taikonaut emerges from China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft after a successful orbital flight
Chinese astronaut calls for peaceful use of outer space
Xinhua News Agency
China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei on Wednesday called for peaceful development and use of outer space here at the 52nd plenary session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
Underdog Team Aims for Moon
Space.com
Lunatrex may have considered itself an underdog in the race for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, but the team now realizes that its slow-but-steady approach just might work.
USA PRESS RELEASE
United Space Alliance has assembled a team of experienced, innovative experts in space operations to support the Kennedy Space Center’s mission to maintain the leading edge in space vehicle and payload processing, integration, launch and recovery operations.
NASA MISSION UPDATE
The May 31 transfer of Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program is the next step in preparing the first flight test of the agency’s next-generation spacecraft and launch system.
IRIDIUM PRESS RELEASE
Highlights
– Total Subscribers Up 31.2% from Prior Year Quarter to 328,000
– Total Revenue Up 2.0% from Prior Year Quarter: Commercial Service Revenues Up 26.9%; Equipment Sales Declined 34.3%
– Operational EBITDA Up 4.9% from Prior Year Quarter
– Net Income Declined 41.9% from Prior Year Quarter, Primarily on Iridium NEXT Costs
– Full Year 2009 Guidance on Subscribers, Revenue and Operational EBITDA Reaffirmed
– Steps Implemented to Advance the Pending GHL Acquisition Transaction
From stilt-walker to private space explorer
Toronto Globe and Mail
The billionaire who launched a high-flying circus act into a global entertainment powerhouse is said to be setting his personal sights even higher: Outer space.
So in love they could float away: Brooklyn couple to wed in zero gravity
New York Daily News
Self-confessed sci-fi addicts Noah Fulmore, 31, and Erin Finnegan, 30, will travel to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to exchange their vows while literally walking on air.
SPACE ADVENTURESÂ PRESS RELEASE
Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, invites members of the media to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Montreal and to the Press Hall of The Expocentre (International Exhibitions and Conventions Center) in Moscow as they announce the identity of a Canadian entrepreneur who is slated to launch with Soyuz TMA-16 crew this September. The announcement will take place on Thurs., June 4th 2009 at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Job losses could top 4,000 at the Kennedy Space Center as NASA prepares to retire the space shuttle next year.
Altair
NASA PRESS RELEASE
NASA announced Monday the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. They are:
