Washington DC (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 - To guarantee a safe environment for astronauts on long-duration space missions such as a journey to Mars, it is important to monitor how microorganisms such as bacteria adapt to the confined conditi
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 - NASA is exploring options with Bigelow Aerospace to extend the life of the privately owned Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Known as BEAM, the module is attached to the International Space Statio
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 - Astronomers from the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), in collaboration with others from the REsearch Consortium On Nearby Stars (RECONS), have determined new distances to a group of faint young stars
Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 - NASA unveiled a new space communications antenna at the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks this week. The new antenna, AS-2, which sits atop the Elvey building at University of Alaska Fairbanks, will retrieve data from NASA's spacecraft.
Manhattan KS (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 - A mock space capsule has landed in Kansas State University's Ice Hall. In this built-to-scale model of the Orion spacecraft, astronauts practice emergency escape maneuvers while a university kines
Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017 - China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of
Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 - Arianespace and ELV/AVIO have announced the signature of a contract for Arianespace to order 10 Vega and Vega C launchers from the Italian manufacturer. The signing ceremony was attended by Fr
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 - A new bio-ink that may support a more efficient and inexpensive fabrication of human tissues and organs has been created by researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus. Keekyoung Kim, an assistant pr
Paris (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 - Tempus Pro, a portable vital-signs monitor offering telemedicine via satellite, is helping medics at ESA astronaut landings. Thomas Pesquet was the first to benefit at the end of his mission in May.
Paris (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 - A start-up company from ESA's business incubator in Bavaria has developed a training app to help runners to exercise in a healthy way, and to reduce injuries from over-training. Drawing on erg
Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 - The OECD on Tuesday called on governmentsto rethink their tourism policies to make growth in the key sector more ecologically sustainable and socially inclusive.
Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 - Thales Alenia Space, joint-venture between Thales and Leonardo, and Arianespace has signed a launch contract for two COSMO-SkyMed Second-Generation (CSG) satellites manufactured for the Italian Spac
Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 - China launched three remote sensing satellites Friday on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Yaogan-30 01 satellites will con
Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 - China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020. The Mars exploration program is we
Cayenne (AFP) Sept 30, 2017 - An Ariane 5 rocket put two commercial satellites into orbit after an initial attempt was aborted earlier this month, operator Arianespace said early Saturday.
Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017 - New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on Wednesday opened New Zealand's first orbital launch site, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, on the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island's east coa
