Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 23, 2018 - For its fourth launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit four more satellites (satellites 23 to 26) for the Galileo constellation. This mission is being performed on behalf of the European Commissi
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - Space is three dimensional and orbital mechanics is quite difficult to understand. Beginning in 1957, almost all satellites have been launched into the three-dimensional space about Earth. Ver
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - Advanced Rockets Corporation has been granted a patent for the Advanced Rockets Vehicle (ARV) system design. The main technological breakthrough highlighted in this patent is
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - Models for providing hourly terrestrial weather forecasts anywhere in the world have become increasingly precise-our smartphones buzz or chirp with local alerts of approaching thunderstorms, heavy s
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018 - The Pentagon comptroller has asked the US Congress to shift money from lower-priority defense programs to the US Air Force's first offensive hypersonic conventional strike weapon, according to a T
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 - Nanofiber-based wound dressings loaded with vitamin D spur the production of an antimicrobial peptide, a key step forward in the battle against surgical site infections, or SSIs. The findings
Paris (ESA) Jul 17, 2018 - ESA is calling for ideas that will shape the future of space transportation services - to space, in space and returning from space. The changing world we live in requires a space agency to an
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 17, 2018 - The UK Space Agency has selected Lockheed Martin to help implement its vision for the UK Spaceflight Programme, an innovative initiative to create a world-leading commercial launch market that grows
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2018 - On Sunday the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully conducted a ground test of its high-thrust version of the Vikas Engine that will enhance payload capability of the space agency's
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 - With a final farewell and the push of a plunger, Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing Commander, demolished the nearly 200-foot-tall towers at 7 a.m. July 12 at Space Launch Complex 17, Cape C
London (SPX) July 16, 2018 - The UK Space agency said Sunday that it had chosen a peninsula on Scotland's north coast as the site of the country's first space port.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018 - According to a new study, scientists have cracked one of most challenging obstacles to deep space travel: how to ensure that astronauts have enough fuel, air and water for the trip. Their proposed m
Somerville MA (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 - A team of engineers led by Tufts University has developed a prototype bandage designed to actively monitor the condition of chronic wounds and deliver appropriate drug treatments to improve the chan
Washington (AFP) July 13, 2018 - The two companies leading the pack in the pursuit of space tourism say they are just months away from their first out-of-this-world passenger flights - though neither has set a firm date.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 - To maximize use of launch vehicle performance during its 2019 Launch Challenge, DARPA has released a request for information (RFI) seeking payload ideas from the space community. It is anticipated t
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 - NASA and Peanuts Worldwide are joining forces to collaborate on educational activities that share the excitement of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with the next generation of explo
