Space Travel
Soyuz rocket rolled out, ready to launch
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017 - The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft has been rolled out and erected on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Rocket Science
Navy completes testing fixes on electro-magnetic launch systems
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017 - The U.S. Navy announced this week it has completed testing on a software fix for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System used on the Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers.
Rocket Science
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RS-25 Flight Controller Goes Three for Three in SLS Test
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 - Aerojet Rocketdynehas tested its third RS-25 engine flight controller at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The RS-25 engine will propel America's next-generation heavy lift rocket, t
Space Travel
Astronauts gear up for space with tough Russian training
Star City, Russia (AFP) July 27, 2017 - Wearing helmets weighing 100 kilos, spinning in a centrifuge and exercising while weightless: Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from abroad have to undergo a gruelling training process before blasting off into space.
Rocket Science
Iran in ‘successful’ test of satellite-launch rocket
Tehran (AFP) July 27, 2017 - Iran on Thursday successfully tested a satellite-launch rocket, days after warning Washington of a response to new US sanctions over the Islamic republic's ballistic missile programme, state television said.
Rocket Science
Vega to launch two Earth Observation Satellites for Italy, Israel and France
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2017 - For its eighth launch of the year, and the 10th Vega mission since this launcher began its career at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit two Earth observation satellites for civi
Space Travel
Russian sanctions won’t affect cooperation in space
Washington (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2017 - US anti-Russian sanctions should not affect the work of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and damage bilateral cooperation in space, the bill published on the website of the US Co
Rocket Science
Russia to Supply Largest Ever Number of Space Rocket Engines to US This Year
Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017 - Russia will supply the largest ever number of space rocket engines to the United States in 2017 within the framework of the previous agreements, head of the Russia's NPO Energomash corporation Igor
Space Travel
Astronauts grow cucumbers in space to help scientists understand root growth
Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017 - Which factor is more important to root growth: gravity or water? To find out, scientists recruited astronauts to grow cucumbers on the International Space Station.
Space Travel
Space Tourist From Asian Country to Travel to ISS in 2019
Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017 - A yet unidentified space tourist from an Asian country will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) as a member of the crew in 2019, Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia Dire
Space Travel
ULA to launch Dream Chaser for cargo runs to ISS for Sierra Nevada
Centennial CO (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 - Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced that it selected United Launch Alliance's (ULA's) commercially developed Atlas V rocket to launch the first two missions of its Dream Chaser cargo system in
Rocket Science
Elon Musk says successful maiden flight for Falcon Heavy unlikely
Washington (AFP) July 20, 2017 - SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space launch vehicle, admitting there is a good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch.
Space Medicine
Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA’s HERA XIII Crew Returns Home to Slumber
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2017 - After 45 days in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), the four-man crew can hardly hold their eyes open. This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sl
Space Travel
In Gulf of Mexico, NASA Evaluates How Crew Will Exit Orion
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017 - When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the moon in NASA's Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, they'll still need to safely get out of the spacecraft and back on d
Space Travel
NASA Awards Mission Systems Operations Contract
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 - NASA has awarded a contract to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc., of Greenbelt, Maryland, for support of mission operations systems at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Mission S
Rocket Science
ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully designed and developed a ship-borne transportable antenna terminal to fulfill the telemetry tracking and command requirements for all s