New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 06, 2018 - Moving a step forward in its plan towards launching a manned spacecraft in the near future, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully tested the Crew Escape System for i
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 - It was 50 years ago the sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey by author Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, opened in theaters across America to mixed reviews. The almost three-hour long f
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 - Airbus and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the UNISPACE+50 conference celebrating half a century of international co
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 05, 2018 - Russia's Roscosmos space corporation and its Chinese counterparts signed a number of agreements on space cooperation last month during a summit between Presidents Putin and Xi. The agreements follow
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 - Life aboard the International Space Station requires extreme measures in efficiency to preserve resources, reduce waste, repurpose materials, and recycle water and breathable air. Regular cargo resu
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 04, 2018 - NASA has renewed a contract with Energia Rocket and Space Corporation on the maintenance and repair of a series of components of the lavatory onboard the US segment of the International Space Statio
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 - Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled by microchips, sensor-laden feet driven by artificial in
Beijing (XNA) Jul 03, 2018 - China aims to develop a new series of small, medium, large and heavy-lift Long March carrier rockets by 2030 to meet the demands of its space operations, according to an expert. The capacity o
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 - Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 9:52 a.m. EDT. The 15
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 - While ultrasound is one of the most common medical imaging tools, conventional electronic ultrasound devices tend to be bulky and cannot be used at the same time as some other imaging technologies.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 - Early this morning, Dragon, the spacecraft from the fifteenth SpaceX contracted resupply mission, berthed with the International Space Station carrying one of NanoRacks' largest educational missions
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018 - China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate. China became the world's fifth country to send a satellit
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2018 - China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads into low orbit than NASA, a leading Chinese space expert was quoted as saying Monday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2018 - Mission controllers have turned off the industrious ion engines on NASA's Dawn spacecraft for the last time and do not expect to turn them back on again, if everything goes as planned for the rest o
Paris (ESA) Jul 02, 2018 - The newly installed International Commercial Experiments service - ICE Cubes for short - facility providing commercial access to microgravity will soon receive the first experiment cubes after the s
Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2018 - A rocket developed by a maverick Japanese entrepreneur and convicted fraudster exploded shortly after liftoff Saturday, in a major blow to his bid to send Japan's first privately backed rocket into space.
