Ankara, Turkey (Sputnik) Dec 07, 2020 - Independent access to space has become one of Turkey's national priorities under the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government. Turkey's Space Agency head, Serdar Huseyin Yildirim, has shed light on the agenc
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 07, 2020 - SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with 1.7 million pounds of thrust, lifted off at 11:17 a.m. EST Sunday on clear skies from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with cargo headed to the Internati
Paris (ESA) Dec 07, 2020 - For the past 20 years, astronauts have been performing experiments on the International Space Station. Science in low Earth orbit is not only hugely important in preparation for continued space expl
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 04, 2020 - SpaceX plans to launch cargo to the International Space Station on Saturday morning, including simulated heart tissue for a medical experiment, a holiday meal and the first privately owned airlock.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2020 - Scientists have for the first time used a high-definition brain prosthesis to stimulate shape perception in monkeys, demonstrating the technology's potential as an aid for the blind.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 - Technicians are simultaneously manufacturing NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) core stages for the Artemis II and Artemis III lunar missions at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The co
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2020 - Data collected by the Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, has revealed a new type of solar electron burst - the satellites' instruments detected speeding cosmic ray electrons accelerated by shock waves produced by solar eruptions.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the upgraded version of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft, is seen inside the company's hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 2, 2020, prior to bei
Paris (ESA) Dec 03, 2020 - NASA astronaut Kate Rubins poses next to a thriving radish crop growing inside the Advanced Plant Habitat in the International Space Station. Located in Europe's Columbus module, the NASA expe
Ramnicu Valcea, Romania (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 - ARCA introduced the EcoRocket, world's most cost-effective orbital launcher with a cost of $390,000/launch. The reusable EcoRocket has a capability of 10kg to Low Earth Orbit and it's ARCA's a
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2020 - Using a novel design likely suggested by an American scientist whose work has been largely forgotten, a group of Chinese researchers say they have created an aircraft engine that can propel an airfr
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 - EUMETSAT has joined the signatories of the joint statement on the institutional exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega C in favor of a European preference for launchers on institutional missions in Eur
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2020 - NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission is completing final assembly at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers recently installed the three spacecraft jettison fairing pan
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2020 - NASA has selected Virgin Galactic LLC of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Masten Space Systems Inc. of Mojave, California, to provide flight and integration services for payloads chosen by the agency's F
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Dec 01, 2020 - NewRocket, an innovative NewSpace startup company, launched a new generation of rocket engines. A graduate of Incubit Ventures, Elbit Systems' deep-tech startup incubator, NewRocket develops advance
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 01, 2020 - On Thursday, Russia's Energia Corporation, tasked with managing Russian modules aboard the International Space Station, proposed the creation of a new, national orbital space station, to be deployed
