Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2020 - The first official launch for the new U.S. Space Force took place at 4:18pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Complex 41 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with boosters attached. A last minute delay caused the launch team to cycle the launch to a second launch time.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 24, 2020 - One thing astronauts have to be good at: living in confined spaces for long periods of time. Here are some tips for all who find yourself in a similar scenario. Nearly 20 years successfully li
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 24, 2020 - The first manned spacecraft of the Boeing company, called Starliner, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 31 August, a source in the Russian space and rocket industry said.
Ankara (AFP) March 23, 2020 - Turkey's health minister said Monday that the country is using a drug sent from China on patients suffering from the novel coronavirus.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2020 - To protect the health and safety of the NASA workforce as the nation responds to coronavirus (COVID-19), agency leadership recently completed the first assessment of work underway across all mission
Beijing (AFP) March 22, 2020 - China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine, records show, as the world's scientists race to find a way to combat the deadly pathogen.
Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2020 - NASA and SpaceX officially announced the nation's return to human spaceflight from U.S. soil is planned for mid-May. The announcement late Wednesday was expected, as the first flight with astr
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 20, 2020 - The Army and Navy, under supervision of the Missile Defense Agency, jointly tested a hypersonic glide body at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii this week, according to the Department of Defense.
Washington (AFP) March 20, 2020 - NASA said it has suspended work on building and testing the rocket and capsule for its Artemis manned mission to the Moon due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the community.
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2020 - Jacobs was selected by U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate West (AFRL/RQ-West), for the Rocket and Propulsion Technology Research contract (RAPTR) at Edwards Air Force
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2020 - After undergoing a series of performance and environmental tests, NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster - Commercial (NEXT-C) is being prepared for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission,
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 19, 2020 - As NASA pushes the frontiers of science and human exploration, the agency also advances technology to modernize life on Earth, including drones, self-driving cars and other innovations. NASA's
Xichang (XNA) Mar 19, 2020 - China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday announced the development of a new positioning system that can greatly shorten the time searching for rocket debris. The system has proved eff
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2020 - The US is fast-tracking antimalarial drugs for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
Paris (ESA) Mar 19, 2020 - Responsible for spacecraft orbiting Earth, the Sun and exploring the Solar System, teams at ESA's ESOC mission control deal with in-flight challenges every day, from faulty hardware, problematic sof
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2020 - As part of the Artemis lunar exploration program, NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon and use that experience to inform future human exploration of Mars. To safely and comfortably explore fo
