Prague (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 - Vlastimil Gular's life took an unwelcome turn a year ago: minor surgery on his vocal cords revealed throat cancer, which led to the loss of his larynx and with it, his voice.
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 - India will send its first manned mission into space by December 2021, the head of the country's space agency said on Friday.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 - Space station astronauts have to be high-risk-taking individuals. They volunteer to fly from the Earth to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a Russian launch vehicle that has a less-tha
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 - NASA became the victim of the confrontation between US President Donald Trump and US Congress, Dmitry Rogozin the director general of Russian space agency Roscosmos, said Wednesday on NASA's decisio
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 - Blue Origin, a privately funded aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has said it will start sending tourists on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle early this year, even though it ha
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 - Once confined to the realms of science fiction, near real-time translation devices that whisper discretely into your ear during a conversation are finally coming of age thanks to leaps in AI and cloud computing.
Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 - This week, the American Astronomical Society is meeting in Seattle, but no one from NASA is attending.
Singapore (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 - Singapore is creating a vast eco-tourism zone in a bid to bring in more visitors, but environmentalists fear the development will damage natural habitats and are already blaming it for a series of animal deaths.
Moscow (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 - Russia's space agency chief on Wednesday said his trip to the US was postponed by NASA due to the government agency falling victim to the ongoing shutdown, rather than a diplomatic snub.
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 - The U.S. Navy test-fired high-velocity projectiles using existing guns aboard a destroyer during an exercise last summer.
London (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 - London is Europe's most attractive city for technology start-ups, despite a sharp slowdown last year, a study showed Wednesday.
London, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 - Frost and Sullivan forecasts an estimated launch demand for 11,746 small satellites for new constellation installations and replacement missions by 2030. Such demand would take the small-satellite l
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 - When space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011, emotions were high. A history book, penned by NASA, spanning 30-years of manned space shuttles was
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 - Space exploitation and exploration are expensive. For example, the transportation cost for each lemon sent to the International Space Station (ISS) may cost over $2,000. Such lemons and other food s
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 07, 2019 - NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said he had rescinded an invitation to Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, to visit the United States because he wanted to a
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 7, 2019 - The US tech industry is weathering a crisis of confidence over data protection and a difficult geopolitical situation, with record sales expected in 2019, organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show said Sunday.
