Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 09, 2008 - The space shuttle Endeavour astronauts are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final launch preparations for their STS-123 mission to the International Space Station.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2008 - The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the equatorial Pacific, in preparation for the launch of the DirecTV 11 broadcast satellite, planned for Monday, March 17. Liftoff is expected at the opening of a 58-minute launch window, at 3:49 pm Pacific Daylight Time (22:49 GMT).
Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2008 - China is planning to conduct its first spacewalk in October from a Shenzhou VII spacecraft, senior space engineers said Wednesday. They also said a research team had been set up to conduct a feasibility study for a space station.
Kourou (AFP) Mar 09, 2008 - The European Space Agency on Sunday carried out the maiden launch of a massive robot freighter designed to rendezvous automatically with the orbital space station.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 08, 2008 - U.S. space officials are concerned NASA will have to rely on other countries to carry astronauts into space after its three space shuttles are retired.
Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2008 - The State Council of China has greenlighted the construction of a new space launch center in the southern island province of Hainan and the project has been kicked off, said a top provincial official on Thursday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 07, 2008 - A Russian Proton-M rocket will launch a U.S. communication satellite on March 15, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday. The launch will be carried out under a contract between the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) and the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center.
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 07, 2008 - S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hosted the 2nd Convention of students from space-industry related institutions and departments of higher education in Moscow - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow State Forest University, Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow Aviation Technology Institute, Moscow State Technical University STANKIN, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 06, 2008 - The successful Launch Readiness Review (LRR) for the inaugural launch of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle-V162 was today held at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Paris (AFP) March 6, 2008 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are to get an unusual treat -- an MP3 player loaded with a playlist of songs specially chosen for people in orbit.
Tokyo (AFP) March 6, 2008 - Japan will take a major step towards setting up its first manned space facility next week, when a US shuttle is to deliver the first piece of the multi-billion-dollar lab after 20 years of development.
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - Thales Alenia Space's Star One C2 telecommunications platform is undergoing processing in the Spaceport's clean room facilities, where it completed the fit-check process this week with an adapter unit that serves as the satellite/launch vehicle interface. To be used by Brazil's Star One telecommunications operator, Star One C2 carries a payload of 28 C-band transponders, 16 Ku-band transponders, and 1 X-band transponder.
McLean VA (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - International Launch Services has announced a contract for the launch of two SIRIUS Satellite Radio satellites on the Proton Breeze M vehicle. SIRIUS expects to launch SIRIUS FM-6 under the contract. SIRIUS FM-6 is currently under construction at Space Systems/Loral and is anticipated to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Cape Canaveral, FL (UPI) Mar 04, 2008 - The first launch in the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Service has been postponed until June 2009.
Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2008 - Near-Earth objects can travel up to 17,000 miles per hour, so a collision with a launching or orbiting satellite or with a manned space craft, could be catastrophic, said Terje Turner of AFSPC Air, Space and Nuclear Operations directorate. Every space launch requires that these objects be tracked closely in order to avoid accidental collisions.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 04, 2008 - In less than nine months, China will probably take the next step in its human spaceflight program. The mission of Shenzhou 7 will produce China's first spacewalk, along with an extended mission involving three astronauts on the spacecraft.
