Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 - The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named Queqiao - magpie bridge. The name was announced by the China Na
Manchester UK (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 - A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now been adapted to help scientists measure the effects of
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 - NTD you are GO to proceed with the count. With words such as these, NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson will authorize the NASA Test Director, whose call sign is NTD, to proceed with l
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 - The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new policy paper that explores future opportunities in cislunar space-essentially, the space inside the moon's orbi
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 - NASA scientists with advanced degrees aren't the only ones deciding what crops should be grown in space. Students, including a special group from Columbus, Ohio, are also taking a bite out of this t
Shenzhen, China (AFP) April 24, 2018 - Engineers, computer programmers and children tinker with self-made radio-controlled toy cars and robotic arms in China's southern city of Shenzhen, home to makers who belie the country's reputation as a hub for technology copycats.
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018 - Foreign tourists interested in checking out the inner workings of Russia's brand new spaceport, or making a selfie against the backdrop of a rocket as it blasts off into space will soon get their ch
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018 - Spaceships using conventional hydrogen-oxygen fuel will be able to take people to the moon, Mars or Venus. But human exploration of other planets in our solar system, and beyond it, will require the
Haikou, China (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 - Battery carts carry tourists around Wenchang space launch center on the Chinese island province of Hainan. A 130 yuan (20.7 U.S. dollars) ticket allows them to view the launch and operation control
Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 - China will continue to strengthen international cooperation in peaceful exploration and utilization of outer space, said Li Guoping, a spokesman of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), Th
Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 - A domestically designed underwater training suit for China's astronauts was shown to the press in Beijing Friday. The Astronaut Center of China (ACC) unveiled the suit during a summit on aeros
Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 - As part of the events that mark China's Space Day, the first China Aerospace Conference will be held in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on April 24, according to an official from C
Evry, France (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 - Arianespace reports that it will launch BSAT-4b, under the term of a turnkey contract between B-SAT and Maxar's SSL. BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Cente
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 - The hazards of space flight are well known: freezing temperatures, the vacuum of space, radiation, isolation. But there's a lesser-known risk getting the attention of researchers - a possible danger
Colorado Springs (Sputnik) Apr 20, 2018 - China anticipates a visit by the Russia's state space agency Roscosmos, China National Space Administration Secretary-General Tian Yulong told Sputnik that they anticipate the visit of Probab
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 - DARPA announced the DARPA Launch Challenge, designed to promote rapid access to space within days, not years. Our nation's space architecture is currently built around a limited number of exquisite
