Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 - The final test of the Emergency Egress System (EES) was conducted recently, signifying the completion of another United Launch Alliance (ULA) milestone supporting NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The
Paris (ESA) Apr 04, 2017 - When his father was diagnosed with a debilitating disease four years ago, it sparked Ivo Vieira into developing a novel means of communication for people coping with extreme limitations, building on
Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 - Those familiar with air traffic management architectures understand the constraints of aircraft flying in the atmosphere, vehicle dynamics and command and control techniques. Unfortunately, space tr
Washington (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2017 - Orbital ATK's proposed launch system will reduce the cost of US government rocket and missile programs, saving taxpayers up to $600 million on these programs over a ten-year period, according to off
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
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017 - First flight of the Russian next-generation Federation spacecraft will be unmanned, the space vehicle will be guided by a robot named Fedor, Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation said Friday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017 - Flight tests of Russia's new medium-class carrier rocket, Phoenix, from the Angara launch pad at Vostochny may start in 2034, the documentation also indicates. Angara-A5V, being developed by R
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017 - Russia believes it can compete in space with private companies including SpaceX, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday commenting on the firm's achievements. Peskov told reporters the Kr
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017 - Russia's Voronezh Mechanical Plant will overhaul nearly all the recalled engines for the Proton launch vehicles this and next year, the head of Russia's Energomash space and rocket engine manufactur
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 03, 2017 - 240 miles above Earth, traveling 12 times the speed of a bullet, a cloth blanket gets away during a spacewalk and immediately drifts out of reach, into space, away from the space station, forever. I
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 - Following a new NASA bill, passed in March by the US Congress and which authorizes $19.5 billion spending for space exploration in 2017, manned missions to Mars are closer to reality than ever befor
Miami (AFP) March 31, 2017 - SpaceX chief Elon Musk hailed a revolution in spaceflight on Thursday after blasting off a recycled rocket for the first time, a feat that could dramatically lower the cost of space travel.
College Park MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 - The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST II), a five-year, $87.5 million cooperative agreement with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, has been awarded to the
Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 - Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 - To stand up to the heat and pressure of next-generation rocket engines, the composite fibers used to make them should be fuzzy. The Rice University laboratory of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan,
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 - Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:33 p.m. EDT. During the spacewalk, which lasted just over seven hours, the two astron
