Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 27, 2007 - Soyuz TMA-9 is scheduled to relocate from the Zarya Module on the International Space Station, also known as the Functional Cargo Block, to the Zvezda Service Module March 30, a Mission Control spokesman said Monday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2007 - April 23, 1967 marks the date when the world-famous Soyuz spacecraft lifted off for the first time with a human aboard. And March 16 of this year might have been the 80th birthday of Vladimir Komarov, the Soviet cosmonaut who died tragically on board that craft.
Rockville MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2007 - Recent discoveries by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) could lead to new avenues of exploration for radioprotection in diverse settings. Michael J. Daly, Ph.D., an associate professor in USU's Department of Pathology, and his colleagues have uncovered evidence pointing to the mechanism through which the extremely resilient bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans protects itself from high doses of ionizing radiation (IR).
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 26, 2007 - NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-124, targeted for launch in February 2008. The flight will deliver the Pressurized Module and robotic arm of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as Kibo (hope), to the International Space Station.
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2007 - France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday last week, when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
Las Cruces NM (SPX) Mar 26, 2007 - The New Mexico Space Authority says the state spaceport will cost about $27 million less than earlier estimates. The $198 million Spaceport America was originally slated to cost $225 million, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 26, 2007 - The Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments and increased the bandwidth on the International Space Station's computer network.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2007 - Russia will launch an astrophysical space lab in 2011 from the Baikonur or Kourou (French Guiana) space center, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Friday.
Los Angeles (AFP) March 26, 2007 - New Mexico hopes to break ground soon on the world's first commercial spaceport, which state elders envision as a 21st-century departure point for thousands of paying space tourists.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2007 - The crew of the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has been approved and the fifth space tourist has been cleared to fly.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 23, 2007 - Russian astronauts preparing for next month's trip to the International Space Station said they would be happy to carry out spacewalks with tourists who were properly trained.
Casper WY (SPX) Mar 23, 2007 - SpaceX chief Elon Musk has confirmed that Stages 1 and 2 collided on the second flight of the company's Falcon 1 small launch vehicle this week, and that this issue will need to be dealt with for the next launch. Musk has also revealed that Stage 1 was not recovered, due in part to a nonfunctioning GPS tracking device on the stage at liftoff.
Washington DC (VOA) Mar 23, 2007 - The U.S. space agency NASA says storm damage repairs are likely to keep the space shuttle Atlantis grounded at least until May, two months after it was originally set to visit the International Space Station. But as we hear from VOA's David McAlary, NASA officials say the delay will not postpone completion of the research outpost in three years.
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 23, 2007 - Jules Verne, the first of five Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV), stands on the brink of flight. Its hardware is 100 percent assembled and ready to fly. The inaugural mission, set for the second half of 2007, will follow an extensive three-year test campaign.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 22, 2007 - NASA program managers are meeting to assess the status of the external tank which was damaged Feb. 26 during a hail storm at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. A briefing will be held today to discuss the results of the inspections and a live audio feed of the event will be available.
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 22, 2007 - If you think shipping freight from Cincinnati to El Paso is challenging, imagine trying to deliver an oxygen generation unit from the Earth to a remote location on the moon. By 2020, NASA plans to establish a long-term human presence on the moon, potentially centered on an outpost to be built at the rim of the Shackleton crater near the lunar South Pole.
