White Sands NM (SPX) Feb 01, 2021 - Landing and recovery teams from Boeing and NASA recently completed a crew landing dress rehearsal at the U.S. Army's White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, in preparation for missions returning wit
Dubai (AFP) Feb 1, 2021 - Dubai announced Monday the creation of a space court to settle commercial disputes, as the UAE - which is also sending a probe to Mars - builds its presence in the space sector.
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 01, 2021 - Europe's new launcher, Ariane 6, is nearing completion. Like its predecessor, Ariane 5, the upper stage of the new European Space Agency (ESA) rocket is being built at ArianeGroup in Bremen. On the
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 01, 2021 - NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, April 20, for launch of the second crew rotation mission with astronauts on an American rocket and spacecraft from the United States to the Int
Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Feb 01, 2021 - NASA plans to conduct a second Green Run hot fire test as early as the fourth week in February with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's core stage that will l
Beijing (XNA) Feb 01, 2021 - Earnest and serious, considerate and meticulous, sound and reliable, and absolutely safe is the motto of Guo Shiyu's father, the deputy chief engineer of an institution under China Aerospace Scien
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 29, 2021 - The first private crew, consisting of four astronauts, plans to fly to the International Space Station in January 2022 on a SpaceX mission arranged by Houston-based firm Axiom Space.
Washington (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2021 - The crew on the International Space Station (ISS) has faced unique challenges while producing a new virtual reality documentary although factors such as weightlessness have also provided an advantag
Paris (ESA) Jan 29, 2021 - It's 4 October 1957, and the Soviet Union has just lofted humanity's first satellite -Sputnik 1 -into the pristine orbital environment around Earth, marking the start of the Space Age. Through
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2021 - The year 1986 was shaping up to be the most ambitious one yet for NASA's Space Shuttle Program. The agency's plans called for up to 15 missions, including the first flight from the West Coast launch
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2021 - America's first astronaut, Alan Shepard, took that first suborbital flight of 15 minutes on May 15, 1961. The expected flight time was so short that NASA assumed no toilet facilities would be needed
London, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2021 - Two astronauts will undertake a spacewalk to install a revolutionary piece of government-funded technology on the International Space Station (ISS), marking the UK's first major industrial contribut
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2021 - Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, demonstrated the increased maneuvering capability of the Kick Stage during the company's 18th Electron launch, successfully burning
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2021 - Axiom Space on Tuesday announced its crew for humankind's first flight of a group of private individuals to a Low Earth Orbit destination - the first-ever entirely private mission proposed to fly to
Shanghai (XNA) Jan 27, 2021 - Long March-6A, China's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and liquid engine, will make its maiden flight in 2021, its developer said. Long March-6A, a new generation medium-launch vehicle
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2021 - Virgin Orbit has been selected by the Dutch space engineering company Innovative Solutions in Space (ISIS) to launch the Royal Netherlands Air Force's (RNLAF) first ever satellite, a 6U CubeSat call
