Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2008 - Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour marked the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station Thursday by exiting the station for the second of four spacewalks.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2008 - NASA astronauts on Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can smell dangerous chemicals in the air. Designed to help protect crew members' health and safety, the experimental ENose will monitor the space station's environment for chemicals such as ammonia, mercury, methanol and formaldehyde.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 20, 2008 - An Ariane-5 rocket with two communications satellites will be launched from the Kourou space center in French Guiana on December 11, the Russian space agency said Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2008 - The International Space Station (ISS) next year will be commanded for the first time by a European, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced here on Friday.
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 20, 2008 - The dual-satellite payload for Arianespace's sixth mission of 2008 is beginning its integration process with launcher hardware as preparations move forward for the year-end flight of HOT BIRDT 9 and W2M at the service of Europe's telecommunications operator, Eutelsat.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2008 - On 20 November 1998, a Russian Proton rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a historic mission: It was carrying the first module of the International Space Station ISS, named Zarya (Russian for Dawn). This cargo and control module, which weighs about 20 tonnes and is almost 13 metres long, provides electrical power, propulsion, flight path guidance and storage space.
Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2008 - Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday began to outfit the International Space Station with new equipment, as part of plans to expand the orbiting lab's living quarters, NASA said.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008 - The launch of a Proton-M rocket with a Ciel 2 Canadian telecommunications satellite on board has been scheduled for December 10 from the Baikonur space center which Russia leases from Kazakhstan.
Washington (AFP) Nov 18, 2008 - An astronaut from the space shuttle Endeavour let slip her tool bag during a spacewalk Tuesday and watched helplessly as it floated off into the void of space, NASA said.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008 - A Kazakh national will fly to the International Space Station in October 2009 on a commercial basis, the Russian space agency said on Monday.
Houghton MI (SPX) Nov 18, 2008 - Two hundred and fifty miles above the Earth puts you a long way from the nearest kitchen tap. And at $10,000 a pint, the cost of shipping fresh water aboard the space shuttle is, well, astronomical.
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 18, 2008 - Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station.
Washington (AFP) Nov 18, 2008 - Two astronauts from NASA's space shuttle Endeavour stepped outside the International Space Station Tuesday on the first of four planned spacewalks of the 15-day mission.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2008 - Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite this week at the Payload Processing Facility at Sea Launch Home Port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals this month of associated hardware and personnel, preparations for launch operations are now underway in support of this mission in January 2009.
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2008 - Astronauts aboard the US space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station on Monday prepared for their first spacewalk of the mission after the two spacecraft linked up 223 miles (360 kilometers) above the South Pacific Ocean.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 17, 2008 - NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
