Moscow (AFP) Dec 26, 2017 - Russia has lost contact with Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola launched from its Baikonur space pad, a source in the space industry told AFP on Wednesday. Contact has temporarily been lost, the source told AFP by telephone, adding specialists were now looking into the matter.
Tokyo (Sputnik) Dec 26, 2017 - Japan has successfully launched on Saturday H-IIA carrier rocket with two research satellites on board, theJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in a statement. Mitsubishi Heavy Indu
Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2017 - Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft in a gripping scene watched around the world, has died at the age of 80, NASA announced on its website.
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Dec 22, 2017 - NASA engineers capped a year of Space Launch System testing with a final RS-25 rocket engine hot fire on Dec. 13 at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The 400-second test on the A-1 Test
Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2017 - NASA on Wednesday announced two finalists for billion-dollar robotic missions - one to explore a comet and another Saturn's moon Titan - with a launch by the winner planned in the 2020s.
Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017 - SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is almost fully assembled, and Elon Musk has the pictures to prove it.
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 - With the successful conclusion of Maturity Gate 6.2, ArianeGroup and its industrial partners are moving into an important new phase in the development of Ariane 6, a flagship European Space Agency (
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 - The Moon became a key focus point for NASA in 2017, whether it was blocking out the Sun during one of the most-viewed events in U.S. history, or reinvigorating the agency's human space exploration p
Moscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 - A three-man space crew made up of American and Japanese rookie astronauts and an experienced Russian cosmonaut successfully docked at the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission Tuesday.
Evry, France (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 - The DLR German Aerospace Center, OHB SE and Arianespace have announced the signing of a launch contract for Germany's Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) technology demonstrator satellite built by OHB System AG.
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 - Researchers report creating a biologically accurate mass-production platform that overcomes major barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues suitable for therapeutic transplant into people.
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Dec 17, 2017 - An experiment in space manufacturing and an enhanced study of solar energy are among the research currently heading to the International Space Station following Friday's launch of a SpaceX Dragon sp
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 17, 2017 - Prometheus is a European demonstrator for a very low cost reusable engine, running on liquid oxygen (LOx) and methane. It is the precursor for future European launcher engines as of 2030. The
Miami (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 - SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived on Sunday at the International Space Station, carrying supplies and experiments for the astronauts in orbit.
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 17, 2017 - The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russi
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 - A three-man space crew featuring American and Japanese rookie astronauts as well as an experienced Russian cosmonaut blasted off on Sunday for a six-month mission at the International Space Station.
