The Ariane 5 Generic launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport
in French Guiana at the 1932 local time opening of its launch
window and flew the planned trajectory to deploy Syracuse 3A and
Galaxy 15 in geostationary transfer orbit, according to a company
statement.
China's Shenzhou VI spacecraft will have to undergo a course
correction Friday morning, because it's orbit is so low that the
ship is being pulled toward the Earth, space officials said. While
describing the correction as a "normal technical operation," they
warn scientists and engineers to be "cautious."
Crew Exploration Vehicle Is The Next Ticket To Space Station,
Moon, Mars
A Northrop Grumman-Boeing team Wednesday unveiled its plans to
design and build NASA's proposed Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), a
modular space system intended to carry humans to the International
Space Station by 2012 and back to the moon by 2018.
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