Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017 - A mechanical rover inspired by a Dutch artist. A weather balloon that recharges its batteries in the clouds of Venus. These are just two of the five ideas that originated at NASA's Jet Propulsion La
Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017 - ESA and a team of European industrial contractors led by QinetiQ have finalised an agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation for the use of Europe's International Berthing Docking Mechanism on the Dr
Sweden, Kiruna (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 - MAXUS 9, Europe's largest sounding rocket for experiments in microgravity, successfully lifted off from SSC's (Swedish Space Corporation's) launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.
Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2017 - Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan Monday following a 173-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017 - Russia's Roscosmos state corporation has no plans to send space tourists to the country's segment of the International Space Station (ISS) before 2020, Roscosmos deputy director general for internat
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017 - Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos said he is selling $1 billion in stock of his retail giant Amazon each year to finance his rocket company, Blue Origin, which aims to carry tourists to space by 2018.
Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 - Scientists have already successfully developed pluripotent stem cells in the lab, cells which can form any type of tissue. Totipotent stem cells are the pinnacle for stem cell scientists, however. And for the first time, researchers have found a way to engineer them.
Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 - The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will receive 11 RD-180 rocket engines in 2017 through US-Russian venture RD Amross, with the latter hoping to sell more in the future, RD Amross CEO Michael Baker to
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 - Russia, Europe, the United States and other countries should cooperate on decoding how to proceed with international space exploration in the future, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Chairman Pascale E
Colorado Springs, CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 - Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division has successfully delivered eight of the nine data acquisition flight units that it is building for use on NASA's Orion spacecraft planned for use in Explo
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 - Getting sick isn't fun for anyone, but it could be especially taxing for crew members aboard the International Space Station. Protecting crew health is important as NASA prepares for long duration,
Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 - As we grow old, our nights are frequently plagued by bouts of wakefulness, bathroom trips and other nuisances as we lose our ability to generate the deep, restorative slumber we enjoyed in youth. Bu
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 - NASA announced that Astronaut Jack Fischer and Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin are heading to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations to join the International Space Station with an
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017 - US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors.
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2017 - Russia's space corporation Roscosmos is hopeful to keep on cooperating with the United States on engine building under the new US administration, the corporation's head Igor Komarov told Sputnik fol
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 - Crew members aboard the International Space Station will begin conducting research this week to improve the way we grow crystals on Earth. The information gained from the experiments could speed up
