Orlando FL (UPI) Jul 17, 2019 - SpaceX announced Monday that the explosion of its Crew Dragon space capsule during an April test in Florida was due to the failure of a titanium valve. The explosion put the schedule for a cre
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2019 - Russia and Saudi Arabia have discussed the possibility for Russia to send a Saudi astronaut to space for a short-duration flight, the protocol of the meeting of the Russian-Saudi intergovernmental c
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2019 - The United States is scheduled to send its first US-made spacecraft instead of Russia-made Soyuz to the International Space Station (ISS) upon obtaining NASA certification in May 2020, a source in t
Vilnius (AFP) July 16, 2019 - Lithuania's parliament voted Tuesday to offer e-residency which will allow entrepreneurs to run businesses in the Baltic state from abroad, in a bid to boost foreign investment.
Sriharikota, India (AFP) July 15, 2019 - A fuel leak in the rocket engine forced India to abort the launch of its landmark Moon mission less than one hour before liftoff, media reports said Tuesday.
Chennai, India (IANS) Jul 13, 2019 - India''s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV Mk III), nicknamed as ''Bahubali'', and its passenger Chandrayaan-2 were being readied up for their historic fligh
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 11, 2019 - As the world reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions, NASA is looking forward to its next giant leaps. One way NASA ensures the safety of astronauts and the success of the Artemis mi
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2019 - NASA has replaced the head of its human space exploration directorate in a major shake-up, US media reported Wednesday, as the agency scrambles to meet President Donald Trump's ambitious deadline to return astronauts to the moon by 2024.
Paris (ESA) Jul 11, 2019 - 3D printing human tissue could help keep astronauts healthy all the way to Mars. An ESA project has produced its first bioprinted skin and bone samples. These state-of-the-art samples were pre
Kourou (AFP) July 11, 2019 - A rocket carrying a satellite for the United Arab Emirates failed shortly after taking off from French Guiana on Wednesday night, launch company Arianespace said.
London (AFP) July 9, 2019 - British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will merge with a US investment firm to become the world's first publicly-traded space tourism venture - with an eye on sending its first clients into space within a year, the group's chief executive said Tuesday.
Paris (ESA) Jul 09, 2019 - The latest ESA Partnership Projects mission has launched two tiny supercomputing nanosatellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in Russia. The parallel supercomputing scalable devices, ab
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2019 - With careful planning and dashes of creativity, engineers have been able to keep NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft flying for nearly 42 years - longer than any other spacecraft in history. To ensure
London (AFP) July 9, 2019 - Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will merge with a New York-listed company to become the world's first publicly-traded space tourism venture, the British billionaire's group announced Tuesday.
Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2019 - With eyes bright, Sun Zezhou, chief designer of China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, speaks fast but clearly. Every time I see the moon, I think how Chinese probes have left permanent footprints on
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 08, 2019 - A crew of Russia's Federatsiya (Federation) spacecraft could be killed in case of a carrier's failure and subsequent splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, as Russia doesn't have high-speed rescue vessels
