ATLANTIS IS 'GO' FOR LAUNCH - At this morning's Countdown Status Briefing, NASA Test Director Steve Payne reported that after many months of hard work Atlantis is ready to launch. External tank inspections are in process and there are no issues being tracked. More (Source: NASA - Jun 7)
ITALY-BASED COMPANY TO LAUNCH SATELLITE INTO SPACE AT VANDENBERG - Thursday, an Italy-based company will launch a satellite into space on a Boeing Delta-2 Rocket. It will be the first launch by an Italian company at Vandenberg. The international affair is turning the satellite launch into a party, of sorts. More (Source: KSBY - Jun 7)
ATLANTIS STS-117 UPDATES - During a countdown status briefing this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Test Director Steve Payne announced that preparations for launch on Friday continue and everything is on schedule. More (Source: NASA - Jun 6)
ATLANTIS - PRE-LAUNCH ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING - The launch countdown for Atlantis officially begins at 9 p.m. EDT today, at T-43 hours. Included in the countdown is nearly 28 hours of built-in hold time prior to a targeted 7:38 p.m. EDT launch on Friday. More (Source: NASA - Jun 5)
SOYUZ LOFTS REPLACEMENT SATELLITES FOR GLOBALSTAR - Globalstar launched four new communications satellites Tuesday, replenishing the company's aging fleet in an effort to continue mobile telephone and data services through 2009. More (Source: Space.com - Jun 4)
ATLANTIS AWAITS CREW'S ARRIVAL FOR STS-117 - Kennedy Space Center in Florida awaits the arrival of Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew members. They're scheduled to land today at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in the early evening. More (Source: NASA - Jun 4)
IT'S KD5PLA IN FOR KD5PLB ON ISS - NASA has given the go-ahead for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis Friday, June 8. The STS-117 mission will carry US astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, to the International Space Station to succeed Suni Williams, KD5PLB, as ISS Expedition 15 Flight Engineer. More (Source: ARRL - Jun 4)
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS UPDATE - Following the Flight Readiness Review meetings on May 30 and 31 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's senior managers have signed the Certification of Flight Readiness confirming that Space Shuttle Atlantis, her flight crew and payloads are fit to fly. Officials approved June 8 as the scheduled launch date for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station More (Source: NASA - Jun 1)
CHINA LAUNCHES COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE - China launched its 100th Long March rocket on Friday, lifting a communications satellite for radio and television broadcasting into orbit, the official Xinhua news agency said. The launch of SinoSat-3 comes after SinoSat-2, China's first direct-to-home satellite, was deemed inoperable when it failed to deploy its solar panels and communications antennae following its launch last October. More (Source: Reuters - Jun 1)
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