Houston (UPI) May 13, 2008 - The U.S. space agency says the International Space Station will soon have a new water system, allowing up to six people to live aboard the orbiting lab.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 12, 2008 - The seven-member STS-124 crew participated Friday in a launch dress rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 12, 2008 - Any Trekkies out there? Remember the tricorder? Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock both carried them, and they came in mighty handy exploring strange new worlds ...where no one has gone before.
Stennis MS (SPX) May 09, 2008 - NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020.
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2008 - The futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey influenced many to fall in love with the limitless possibilities of space exploration. The movie sparked imaginations and provided a realistic preview of what our future in space might look like.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 09, 2008 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program. Ares I is the rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle, its crew and cargo to low Earth orbit. The contract includes an option for an additional Ares I mobile launcher.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 08, 2008 - The launch vehicle for Ariane 5's third flight of 2008 is now under Arianespace responsibility after its delivery by prime contractor Astrium at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Washington (UPI) May 8, 2008 - Students from New York and California will make a really long long-distance phone call next week to speak with an International Space Station's crew member.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 07, 2008 - The two payloads for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 heavy-lift mission have been fueled as preparations continue for the May 23 launch from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Dulles VA (SPX) May 07, 2008 - Orbital Sciences has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for the Theoretical Studies and Engineering Services (TSER) program. Orbital will serve as a prime contractor to support U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force research and development programs managed by White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico.
Khimki, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2008 - Russia's Energomash is planning to double the number of engines produced for Atlas and Zenit launch vehicles in the future, the head of the company said on Tuesday. Energomash won tenders on the design and production of 101 RD-180 engines for U.S. Atlas carrier rockets and RD-171 engines for Russian-Ukrainian Zenit rockets in the 1990s. The company has built and delivered 41 RD-180 and 20 RD-171 engines so far.
Houston (UPI) May 7, 2008 - The U.S. space agency says it will televise the arrival of an unpiloted cargo spacecraft when it docks at the International Space Station.
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 07, 2008 - How cool would it be to have your name on board the spacecraft that discovers the first known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system? Well, here's your chance. NASA is proud to announce an opportunity for anyone to submit their name to be included on a DVD and rocketed into space as part of NASA's Kepler Mission, scheduled to launch in February 2009 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 06, 2008 - Space shuttle Discovery made the long, slow trek out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday. Carried by the slow-moving crawler-transporter, the shuttle assembly atop the mobile launcher platform began rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at 11:47 p.m. EDT Friday night and was secured at the pad at 6:06 a.m. The 3.4-mile journey is one of the last major milestones leading up to the launch of Discovery on the STS-124 mission, targeted for May 31.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 05, 2008 - In the last months before China's first spacewalk, facts about the mission are slowly trickling out. China has been coy about releasing precise information on the spacesuit to be used or the tethering system to be used for the spacewalker. Other details, such as the number of astronauts who will be exposed to vacuum in the orbital module, are also hard to find in official statements.
Denver CO (SPX) May 05, 2008 - NASA has designated the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to fly aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket. The launch will be provided under terms of a launch service agreement procured previously by NASA for this vehicle. The liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in the third quarter of 2011.
