Space headlines - December 2010

·2010/12/31: Kepler Finds New Planets and SOFIA Sees 'First Light' Are Highlights in a Year of Discovery for NASA Ames
·2010/12/31: Private spaceflight ready to take off in 2011
·2010/12/31: NASA finds more cracks on Discovery fuel tank
·2010/12/31: New Year's Eve show stars Venus and the moon
·2010/12/30: Galileo pathfinder GIOVE-A achieves five years in orbit
·2010/12/30: Galaxy 15 Status Update: Power, Communications, and Control Restored
·2010/12/30: SOHO spacecraft discovers 2000th comet
·2010/12/30: Ariane 5's sixth launch of 2010
·2010/12/29: Roscosmos Opens Access to Space Image Database
·2010/12/29: ESA Unable To Secure Commitment to Station Extension
·2010/12/29: Pakistan to launch satellite in 2011
·2010/12/29: Planck clocks up 500 days of scanning the sky
·2010/12/29: Ariane rocket launch postponed because of winds
·2010/12/28: Iran to launch 'reconnaissance' satellite
·2010/12/28: Hispasat and Koreasat ready for launch
·2010/12/28: Dextre passes crucial test
·2010/12/27: Titan From Above: Blimp Survey Options to Study Saturn Moon
·2010/12/27: New Mars Movies Give Rover's-Eye View of Red Planet
·2010/12/27: Space Junk Rivals Weapons as a Major Threat
·2010/12/27: A Russian Proton Rocket Successfully Launches European KA-SAT Satellite
·2010/12/26: Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft ready for launch
·2010/12/26: Cassini Spacecraft Photos Show Saturn Blue Moon in All Its Glory
·2010/12/26: ISRO teams analysing data to pinpoint GSLV failure
·2010/12/25: NigeriaSat-2, NigeriaSatX for launch
·2010/12/25: Kepler Goes Into Safe Mode
·2010/12/25: ISS crew sends seasonal greeting
·2010/12/25: GSLV launch fails
·2010/12/25: New Molecule Can Lead to More Efficient Rocket Fuel
·2010/12/24: DLR researchers compile atlas of Saturn's moon Rhea, an icy alien world
·2010/12/24: Belarus to set up telecommunications satellite consortium
·2010/12/24: Contract Marks New Generation for Deep Space Network
·2010/12/23: India to get access to GLONASS
·2010/12/23: Galileo's navigation control hub opens in Fucino
·2010/12/23: IYA2009 Secretariat to Close at End of Year
·2010/12/23: GSLV-FO6 mission to take off on December 25
·2010/12/23: Russia's Mission Control Raises ISS Orbit by 4.2 km
·2010/12/22: ESA unveils latest map of world’s land cover
·2010/12/22: ISRO to launch Singapore satellite soon
·2010/12/21: Thales Alenia Space completes integration of service module for the third ATV
·2010/12/21: Indian, Russian scientists discuss rocket launch delay
·2010/12/21: Boeing to Build 3-Satellite System for Government of Mexico
·2010/12/21: TanDEM-X ready for routine operations in 2011
·2010/12/20: Satellites unravel complex relationship between northern forests and climate
·2010/12/20: China Launches Seventh Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav System
·2010/12/20: NASA's LRO Creating Unprecedented Topographic Map Of Moon
·2010/12/19: Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility to Close After 26 years
·2010/12/19: China launches seventh orbiter for indigenous global satellite navigation system
·2010/12/19: Fuel error cost Russia three navigation satellites: official
·2010/12/18: Virgin Galactic To Join NASA Submissions For Orbital Spaceflights
·2010/12/18: Russian Mission Control Loses, Regains Communications Link to ISS
·2010/12/18: NASA Moves Forward In Commercial Rocket Engine Testing
·2010/12/17: COSMO-SkyMed 4 reaches final orbit
·2010/12/17: Keegan Named NASA's Associate Deputy Administrator
·2010/12/17: New ISS Crew Members Set For Friday Arrival
·2010/12/17: Arianespace To Launch ESA's First Sentinel Satellite
·2010/12/16: Odyssey Orbiter Nears Martian Longevity Record
·2010/12/16: Thales Alenia Space to build the ARSAT-2 payload
·2010/12/16: Boeing unfurls antenna on communications satellite
·2010/12/16: ESA and Canada renew partnership in space science and technology
·2010/12/16: Commercial Spaceflight Federation Elects Eric C. Anderson as Next Chairman
·2010/12/15: VEGA staff awarded ESA commendations
·2010/12/15: Wind is to Blow in the ISS
·2010/12/15: Integration begins for the 200th Ariane launcher
·2010/12/15: France to Spend $336 Million to Build Future Rocket Launcher
·2010/12/15: Bolivia, China ink deal to build telecoms satellite
·2010/12/15: Soyuz TMA-20 is Flying Towards the ISS
·2010/12/14: Azerbaijan starts coordinating satellite nets with Indonesia
·2010/12/14: Europe opens an Arctic eye on Galileo
·2010/12/14: Dutch Space signs space contracts to a value of more than 50 M euro
·2010/12/14: NASA solar sail satellite may not have ejected from mothership
·2010/12/14: Voyager near Solar System’s edge
·2010/12/13: China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected
·2010/12/13: NanoSail-D Mission Status Update
·2010/12/13: Brazil launches rocket into orbit
·2010/12/13: South Africa’s new space agency planning two satellites
·2010/12/13: Roscosmos switches on 2 reserve Glonass-M satellites
·2010/12/12: Astrium to Build Future Optical Reconnaissance Satellites
·2010/12/12: Space station tracks months-long voyages of ships at sea
·2010/12/12: Proton-M for KazSat-2 Launch Arrives at Baikonur
·2010/12/12: ISRO to launch GSAT-5P communication satellite on Dec 20
·2010/12/11: Boeing Named NASA's Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year
·2010/12/10: EUMETCast expands global dissemination to include FY-3A data
·2010/12/10: South Africa unveils space agency
·2010/12/10: Japan probe shoots past Venus, may meet again in six years
·2010/12/10: NASA And German Aerospace Center Sign Civil Space Agreements
·2010/12/10: NASA's Spitzer Reveals 1st Carbon-Rich Planet
·2010/12/09: Kazakh space agency seeks extra funding for new Baikonur launch pad
·2010/12/09: AF's X-37B Historical Landing Advances Space Vehicle Technologies
·2010/12/09: EUMETSAT, GMES and Africa
·2010/12/09: NASA's Spitzer Reveals First Carbon-Rich Planet
·2010/12/08: Falcon 9 in orbit
·2010/12/08: JAXA release: Venus Climate Orbiter AKATSUKI Venus Observation Orbit Injection
·2010/12/07: Russian satellites crash into Pacific
·2010/12/07: ISRO Renews Deal With EADS
·2010/12/07: Arianespace Will Orbit Sicral 2 Milcomms Satellites
·2010/12/07: Japan's first Venus probe on course to enter orbit
·2010/12/06: Astrium gets contract from the French state
·2010/12/06: NASA Ejects Nanosatellite From Microsatellite In Space
·2010/12/05: ISRO hands 2 contracts to Arianespace, renews deal with EADS
·2010/12/05: Brazil to help African, Asian countries in satellite-based forest monitoring
·2010/12/05: Germany to Focus on European Space Missions
·2010/12/04: 2 million funding to stimulate space innovation
·2010/12/04: Falcon 9 static fire test testing successful
·2010/12/03: Federal government approves new German space strategy
·2010/12/02: NASA Satellite Reaches Orbit, Begins Astrobiology Experiments
·2010/12/01: Venus holds warning for Earth
·2010/12/01: EUMETSAT Council names future Director-General
·2010/12/01: 2011 IAF Youth Grants Programme
·2010/12/01: US secret satellite ready to return to earth
·2010/12/0: RADARSAT-1 Mosaics Released to the Public