Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 05, 2008 - The crew of space shuttle Atlantis flew to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for the launch of the STS-122 mission at 2:45 p.m. EST on Thursday. We're very happy about the condition of Atlantis, mission commander Steve Frick said.
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - President George W. Bush Monday set out a modest 2.9 percent rise in funding for the US space agency, just as NASA is racing to finish the International Space Station in 2010.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2008 - NASA announced a $17.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2009 to continue exploring the solar system, building the International Space Station, studying Earth from space and conducting aeronautics research. NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the increase for NASA's 2009 budget demonstrates President Bush's commitment to the agency's missions. With the increase, NASA still accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - Iran on Monday fired a rocket into space to mark the opening of its first space centre, triggering swift condemnation from the United States amid continued tensions over the Iranian nuclear drive.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 4, 2008 - The official countdown started Monday for this week's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Feb 3, 2008 - U.S. and Indian officials have signed an agreement for cooperation in space exploration.
Houston (UPI) Feb 1, 2008 - U.S. space officials said The Beatles song Across the Universe will be blasted directly into deep space next week.
Cape Canaveral (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - NASA managers formally set the launch date of Space Shuttle Atlantis for 7 February at 20:45 CET (14:45 Florida time). Atlantis is set to carry the European Columbus laboratory into orbit.
Frederica DE (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - Airborne Systems North America (ASNA) and ILC Dover LP have signed an agreement to work together on the Orion airbag landing and floatation system. A new study initiated by NASA is underway for a singular landing system that works for land and water landings and protects the Astronauts in contingency landing situations.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 01, 2008 - Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Center signed an international contract on Wednesday to orbit a satellite for the United Arab Emirates, a spokesman for the company said. Under the contract, the UAE's Yahsat satellite will be orbited by means of a Proton-M carrier rocket.
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 31, 2008 - International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States, Thales Alenia Space of France and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates has announced an agreement to launch a Yahsat spacecraft on a Proton Breeze M vehicle. A European consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Astrium was contracted in August 2007 for the overall Yahsat communication system and is building two large Yahsat multipurpose satellites based on the Astrium Eurostar 3000 bus.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2008 - NASA issued an environmental impact statement for the Constellation Program Jan. 10. NASA's Constellation Program is developing a space transportation system that is designed to return humans to the moon by 2020. The Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement concludes that localized and global environmental impacts associated with implementing the program would be comparable to past or ongoing NASA activities.
Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - The space shuttle Atlantis is tentatively set to launch February 7 on a mission to the International Space Station carrying the European lab Columbus, NASA said.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2008 - NASA is using a new treadmill that allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond. A team of engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built the Standalone Zero Gravity Locomotion Simulator to imitate conditions astronauts experience while exercising in space. Exercise in microgravity helps lessen the harmful health effects of long-duration space travel, promoting astronauts' well-being and mission success.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2008 - Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia may build a new-generation piloted spacecraft by 2015, the company president said on Tuesday. Energia has been developing a reusable manned spacecraft since 2000. It is designed to replace the Soyuz and Progress launch vehicles in making regular flights to the International Space Station and even the Moon and Mars.
Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2008 - Two astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station on Wednesday replaced an electric motor on one of three solar wings that provide power to the station during a seven-hour-long spacewalk, NASA said.
