Miami (AFP) May 1, 2017 - SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive US government satellite, known only as NROL-76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk.
Plymouth UK (SPX) May 01, 2017 - With Cassini making final preparations to penetrate Saturn's rings, and renewed interest in colonising the Moon and sending people to Mars, space flight and exploration are experiencing a level of i
New Delhi (IANS) May 01, 2017 - India will launch communication satellite GSAT-9 using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) on May 5, the ISRO said on Friday. According to Indian Space Research
Vancouver (AFP) April 30, 2017 - Elon Musk paused while chatting about his series of potentially world-changing endeavors to say he isn't in it to provide salvation.
Miami (AFP) April 30, 2017 - SpaceX on Sunday postponed for 24 hours the launch of a secretive US government payload, known only as NROL-76, due to a sensor issue with the rocket, a spokesman said.
Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017 - China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their first in-orbit refueling at 7:07 p.m. Thursday, another success of the Tianzhou-1 mission. Mastering the technique
Los Angeles (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017 - Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) and Boeing have finally managed to reach a settlement over a sizeable $330 million debt incurred by the Russian company over the Sea Launch project
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017 - A new medium-class carrier rocket to be developed in Russia will be able to compete with the Falcon rocket manufactured by the US-based SpaceX company, Russia's RSC Energia space corporation said.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 - National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human brain's budding executive hub assembling itself during a critical period in prenatal development. W
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 - A team of computer engineers and neurosurgeons, with an assist from Hollywood special effects experts, reports successful early tests of a novel, lifelike 3D simulator designed to teach surgeons to
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 - A unique womb-like environment designed by pediatric researchers could transform care for extremely premature babies, by mimicking the prenatal fluid-filled environment to give the tiniest newborns
Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017 - A coalition was established Sunday in northwest China's Shaanxi Province to promote innovation and cooperation on space exploration under the the Belt and Road Initiative. The coalition, set u
Tianjin (XNA) Apr 26, 2017 - China's Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket departed northern China's Tianjin Port for the launch base in southern Hainan Monday. Monday is also China's second Space Day, which was chosen to mark t
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2017 - China has always understood that only innovation can drive the country along the trajectory to becoming a space power. In the past year, scientists and engineers have made major breakthroughs in the
Miami (AFP) April 26, 2017 - The United States is in a hurry to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but a key question remains for these deep space explorers: what will they wear?
New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017 - Aiming to lower the cost of access to space, the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar has said the space agency is aiming to increase the number of satellite launc
