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SYLMAR, Calif., Aug. 26, 2009 -- Spectrolab Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], today announced that a solar cell it manufactured has set a new world record for...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 21, 2009 -- When Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from the Kennedy Space Center for the International Space Station on Aug. 25, it will be carrying 31,694 pounds of...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 5, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it transferred Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-O to NASA on July 17, completing the company's...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 29, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it plans to bid as prime contractor for the Exploration Ground Launch Services (EGLS) program to provide ground...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 28, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K program successfully completed its Ground Detailed Design Review (GDDR),...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 21, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today honored its small-business partners on NASA's Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) program at a...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 20, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] on July 8 received a contract from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide a subsystem for a new spacecraft that will...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has selected...

ST. LOUIS, July 10, 2009 -- A team led by Boeing [NYSE: BA] with support from Iridium Satellite LLC today announced that it has achieved two major milestones to further develop and demonstrate...

CHICAGO, July 6, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week brought more than 75 teachers from around the world to the 18th Annual Boeing Educators to Space Camp program at the U.S. Space &...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., July 1, 2009 -- An industry team led by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for work on Phase...

ARLINGTON, Va., June 29, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will provide systems engineering expertise and data distribution tools for the integrated ground system of the GOES-R...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 28, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have received the first on-orbit signals from GOES-O,...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 25, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped a Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to conduct a series of key tests...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 17, 2009 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] on June 15 successfully transferred control of the second Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite to the U.S. Air Force, which will...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 16, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed integration and testing of the space segment, as well as initial testing of the ground segments,...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 16, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful in-orbit handover of the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II commercial communications satellite to...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., June 11, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] engineers and technicians recently completed several complex payload-processing tasks -- including preparing the final two science...

AARHUS, Denmark, May 18, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Danish systems integration and software development company Systematic today announced that they are jointly exploring...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 18, 2009 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and ProtoStar Ltd. today announced that the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite is healthy and operating normally following...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., May 08, 2009 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] team in Florida has ensured that all necessary interfaces, data systems, and hardware are ready for Space Shuttle Atlantis' mission...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 29, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed the system-level Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system (TDRS) K-L...

EL SEGUNDO, April 15, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has shipped the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite from the company's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, April 06, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S....

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 24, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will spotlight its satellite programs, missile defense systems, human spaceflight programs, operationally responsive space...