Washington DC (SPX) May 13, 2020 - As we pass the 59th Anniversary of the first American human space flight launch that saw Alan Shepard pilot the famous Freedom 7 capsule as part of the Mercury program, U.S. Representatives Bill Pos
Paris (ESA) May 13, 2020 - Not a spacesuit but a SCAPE suit - standing for 'Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble'. Technicians don these suits before filling satellites with the toxic hydrazine fuel used for manoeuv
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 13, 2020 - A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station
Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 - A Northrop Grumman cargo capsule departed the International Space Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT Monday, carrying trash and science experiments, and bound for a fiery destructive re-entry.
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 - NASA will award nearly $2.4 million to universities as part of the Artemis Student Challenges, a bold new initiative to inspire the next generation - the Artemis Generation. The six universities rec
Beijing (XNA) May 08, 2020 - The trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship is now working normally in orbit, having completed a series of operations as planned, according to the China Aerospace Science and Techno
Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2020 - China's new prototype spacecraft successfully landed on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon.
Wenchang (XNA) May 07, 2020 - Construction of China's space station moves a step closer with the successful maiden flight of its new large carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, on Tuesday. The Long March-5B was specially deve
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 07, 2020 - When a new crew member arrives on the International Space Station, the population of humans living in space changes - of course. But so, too, does the population of microbes. Countless types of micr
Paris (ESA) May 07, 2020 - After nearly two months of confinement, it is not only school students who are progressively returning to class. ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer also returned to training at ESA's European Astronaut C
Paris (ESA) May 07, 2020 - Not everyone can fly to the International Space Station, but astronauts are working hard to bring the experience to Earth - including through a virtual reality (VR) film project known as ISS Experie
Ottawa (AFP) May 7, 2020 - A Google affiliate on Thursday abandoned plans to build a futuristic neighborhood on Toronto's lakefront that was to include robots for delivering mail and collecting garbage, citing economic uncertainty.
Beijing (XNA) May 07, 2020 - China's new large carrier rocket Long March-5B made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending the trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship and a cargo return capsule for test into space.
Redmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 - In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 07, 2020 - A legacy of the Apollo Program and shuttle era, Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the site of NASA's return to the Moon and is now ready for Artemis I-an uncrewed mission a
Washington DC (SPX) May 06, 2020 - Scientists go through their toy bins all the time for inspiration. Phil West, NASA spokesman, 2000 Baby toys and Martian landers may not be connected thoughts for most people, but toys have
