Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 02, 2017 - Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: ViaSat-2 for ViaSat Inc.; and EUTELSAT 172B for the operator Eutelsat - which is the first all-electric satellite to be orbit
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 2, 2017 - A Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed on the Kazakh steppe Friday, ending their marathon 196-day mission to the International Space Station.
Moscow (AFP) June 2, 2017 - French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is due to return to Earth on Friday after a marathon 196-day trip that will fall just shy of a record space mission for a European.
Kennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Jun 02, 2017 - A lightning strike near Cape Canaveral forced SpaceX to delay until Saturday its first-ever cargo delivery to the astronauts living in orbit using a vessel that has already flown to space once befor
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 - Coinciding with May - Healthy Vision Month, NASA's One-Year Mission investigators are peering into their new findings to help address astronaut vision issues. While the One-Year Mission has conclude
San Francisco (AFP) June 1, 2017 - A colossal aircraft capable of launching satellite-toting rockets into space is closer to testing, having been rolled out of a hangar in the desert, its creators said on Wednesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 - In science, it's best to have a clean, sharp picture of what you're studying. Microscopes afford us the opportunity to look at particles that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye, but these
New York NY (SPX) May 31, 2017 - As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published in Nature Methods has found that the gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome.
Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017 - SpaceX is poised to blast off its next delivery of food, supplies and science experiments to the astronauts living at the International Space Station on Thursday.
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 31, 2017 - Fire is used to heat our homes, cook our food and fuel our trips. Whether we burn fuel in our homes, vehicles, or power plants, flames play an important role in powering our lives on Earth. Re
Nijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) May 31, 2017 - Autonomous targeting and release of drugs at their site of action are desired features of nanomedical systems. Now, a team of Dutch scientists has designed a nanomotor that has these functions: An a
Boston MA (SPX) May 29, 2017 - The shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp-toothed predators. But as recent research has demonstrated, one type of shell stands out a
Sparks NV (SPX) May 29, 2017 - Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully passed the third integration milestone for the Dream Chaser program under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS2) program, bringing it a major step
Washington (UPI) May 29, 2017 - NASA is honoring the space vision and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, who was born 100 years ago Monday.
Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2017 - Halfway into its planned two-year demonstration attached to the International Space Station, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, is showing that soft materials can perform as well as ri
Boston MA (SPX) May 29, 2017 - Don't play with your food is a saying that MIT researchers are taking with a grain or two of salt. The team is finding ways to make the dining experience interactive and fun, with food that can tr
