Washington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2021 - As Jeff Bezos prepares to become the second billionaire to blast into space on his own company's rocket next week, his Blue Origin is touting the safety of its rocket system.
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 15, 2021 - The European Space Agency (ESA), as part of its Ariane 6 Competitiveness Improvement Program, has chosen ArianeGroup to develop and build a complementary stage (kick-stage) for Ariane 6, called ASTR
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2021 - Blue Origin said Thursday an 18-year-old paying customer will fly to space on the company's maiden crewed spaceflight on July 20, becoming the youngest ever astronaut.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 14, 2021 - China has harvested its first batch of rice grown from seeds that traveled to space on the country's Chang'e-5 lunar probe, officials said Sunday. About 40 grams of seeds made the trip to the
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout is tucked away safely inside the agency's powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The solar sailing CubeSat is one of se
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - NASA is announcing its 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants that will lead to new instruments and technologies with the potential to advance the agency's science m
Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2021 - ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called Astris in a euro 90 m development contract with prime contractor, ArianeGroup. This is part of ESA's strategy t
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - Rocket launches and spacecraft landings will be tracked and monitored along with airplane traffic to enhance safety in a new program announced Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear t
London, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 - The 3.9 million pound grant from the UK Space Agency will support the development of Reaction Engines' ground-breaking SABRE technology, enabling low-carbon air-breathing space access propulsion tec
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 - In 1962 when America was going to the Moon, NASA established Kennedy Space Center in Florida as its Launch Operations Center. This month, the modernized multi-user spaceport marks its 59th anniversa
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 12, 2021 - NASA is moving ahead with plans to help fund a new generation of private space stations in an effort to ensure replacements are ready when the International Space Station shuts down in as little as seven years.
Ibaraki, Japan (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 - Most kids dream of growing up to be astronauts; but the downside of spending extended amounts of time in low gravity is that astronauts' muscles tend to shrink and weaken through disuse. Now, resear
Spaceport America, United States (AFP) Jul 11, 2021 - A Virgin Galactic spaceship carrying Richard Branson touched down Sunday after a voyage the British billionaire called an experience of a lifetime. Congratulations to all our wonderful team
London (AFP) July 11, 2021 - As famous for his thrill-seeking lifestyle and publicity stunts as for his vast business empire, Richard Branson can now check astronaut off his to-do list after successfully completing his first spaceflight.
Spaceport America, United States (AFP) July 11, 2021 - Billionaire Richard Branson took off Sunday from a base in New Mexico aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel bound for the edge of space, a voyage he hopes will lift the nascent space tourism industry off the ground.
