Houston TX (SPX) May 17, 2018 - Some of the earliest human explorers used mechanical tools called sextants to navigate vast oceans and discover new lands. Today, high-tech tools navigate microscopic DNA to discover previously unid
Washington (AFP) May 17, 2018 - US President Donald Trump's controversial plan to privatize the International Space Station beginning in 2025 has met with strong opposition from lawmakers, including from some in the Republican majority.
Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2018 - A suborbital rocket was launched into space Thursday by a start-up in China's burgeoning commercial aeronautics industry, as private firms snap at the heels of their dominant American rivals.
Washington DC (Sputnik) May 17, 2018 - Sources with direct knowledge of US intelligence reports say Russia is on the brink of developing a maneuverable, hypersonic nuclear-capable glider warhead that no US system can defeat. The so
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 16, 2018 - An emerging technology for removing excessive, potentially damaging heat from small, tightly packed instrument electronics and other spaceflight gear will be demonstrated for the first time during a
Beijing (XNA) May 16, 2018 - It was a strange sight: a group of monks from the Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, walking through the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (ALVT), producer of China's Long March
Beijing (XNA) May 16, 2018 - Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a new record for the longest stay in a self-contained cabin. Four students, two males and
Tampa (AFP) May 16, 2018 - A pair of American astronauts completed a successful spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday to swap and check on two external cooling boxes, nicknamed Leaky and Frosty, NASA said.
Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 - Scientists first considered the possibility for a brain-imaging helmet powered by ultrasound technology more than 30 years ago.
London, UK (SPX) May 15, 2018 - Researchers have used lasers to connect, arrange and merge artificial cells, paving the way for networks of artificial cells that act like tissues. The team say that by altering artificial cel
Beijing (XNA) May 14, 2018 - Launching rockets and satellites has long been the preserve of China's state-owned aerospace companies, but private space firms are now popping up hoping to find gold in the space dust. A repo
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 14, 2018 - United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10 rocket engine to power the upper stage that will fly atop ULA's new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. The selection came as part of a
Stockholm (AFP) May 13, 2018 - It's the size of a grain of rice but could hold the key to many aspects of your life.
Miami (AFP) May 11, 2018 - It's not easy having a green thumb in space.
Tampa (AFP) May 11, 2018 - SpaceX on Friday blasted off its newest and most powerful Falcon 9 rocket, known as the Block 5, carrying the first high-orbit communications satellite for Bangladesh and marking a leap forward in re-usability for the California-based aerospace company.
Washington (Sputnik) May 11, 2018 - The US Air Force has launched an ambitious campaign to expedite development of a hypersonic weapon amid concerns expressed by US officials that China and Russia are leaving the US in the dust in thi
