Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 12, 2008 - NASA has taken a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle with Wednesday's successful completion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review.
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2008 - NASA has taken a giant leap in the next stage of manned space flight with Wednesday's successful completion of a final step in the design process for the Ares I rocket, on course to launch in 2015, and put Americans back on the moon by 2020.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2008 - Earlier this month, China suddenly brought forward the launch window for the Shenzhou 7 space mission. The mission was originally expected to lift off in mid-October, but will now take off at some time between September 25 and 30. This flight will produce China¿s first spacewalk.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2008 - The Russian space freighter Progress M-64 reentered the atmosphere and was 'buried' early on Tuesday at a 'spaceship cemetery' in the southern Pacific, a Mission Control spokesman said.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 - The U.S. space agency says it will move space shuttle Endeavour to a Kennedy Space Center launch pad to act as a safety stand-by for space shuttle Atlantis.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Sep 11, 2008 - NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system.
Minneapolis (SPX) Sep 11, 2008 - Alliant Techsystems played a key role in the successful launch of United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket Saturday, Sept. 6 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2008 - NASA has awarded Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne a contract change to provide additional sea-level and simulated-altitude ground tests for the J-2X rocket engine. Under the revised contract, engineers will conduct an additional 38 sea-level and 27 simulated-altitude tests on the J-2X engine at Stennis Space Center.
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 10, 2008 - Of all environments, space must be the most hostile: It is freezing cold, close to absolute zero, there is a vacuum, so no oxygen, and the amount of lethal radiation from stars is very high. This is why humans need to be carefully protected when they enter this environment.
Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2008 - The launch of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, set to blast off between Sept. 25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, will not be affected by a strong sandstorm in the area, a meteorological expert said.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2008 - China's rulers are looking to catapult overflowing pride and patriotism from the Beijing Olympics into another stratosphere when the nation's first taikonaut walks in space this month.
Geelong, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2008 - After a few days of rumours and conflicting stories, China has finally announced the launch timeframe for its next manned space mission. The Shenzhou 7 spacecraft will lift off somewhere between September 25 and 30. It will carry three astronauts into orbit, and stage China's first spacewalk.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2008 - An United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Systems, successfully launched the GeoEye-1 satellite. Blasting off from Space Launch Complex 2 here, it marked the second ULA Delta II mission from Vandenberg in 2008.
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 08, 2008 - China launched two satellites to monitor the environment and natural disasters at 11:25 a.m. here on Saturday.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2008 - China's third manned space flight, which will feature China's first attempted space walk, will blast off in late September, state media reported.
Orlando, Fla. (UPI) Sep 7, 2008 - Emails from the head of the U.S. space agency NASA suggest he is frustrated with efforts to return to the moon by 2020.
