Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 - US-based Mantech Advanced Systems International has received an $8.6 million Air Force contract to provide services in support of the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM)'s Human Space Flight Support pro
Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 - Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit. The new spacecraft is claimed to be a
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 - Pointing to the adoption of an ambitious five-year program for the development of astronautics in the United States, US legislators urged NASA to abandon its cooperation with the Russian Federal Spa
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 - The problem has haunted the space program since Apollo: the flame inside the rocket engine literally spirals out of control, producing forces that can cause the engine to explode. It's one of the re
Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2017 - The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board has approved a major update to the station docking system standard. First released in 2010, the docking standard established a common
Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 - China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday. The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician
Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2017 - China plans to launch six to eight BeiDou-3 satellites in 2017, according to a senior designer of the satellite navigation system. It is part of a plan to put 35 BeiDou satellites into space to form
Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 - The Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is breaking ground on techniques to send satellites into space via rockets shot from airborne Chinese planes, China Daily reports. According to
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 - Extensive evaluations are underway on the life support systems vital to successful flight tests as NASA prepares to return human spaceflight to the United States. One of the most intensely studied s
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 - A research team led by scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a novel technology platform that enables the continuous and automated monitoring of so-called organs-on-chips - ti
Lima, Peru (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 - The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme clim
Washington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017 - It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASA's Apollo moon landings about 45 years ago. The
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 - A team of researchers repaired a hole in a mouse's skull by regrowing quality bone, a breakthrough that could drastically improve the care of people who suffer severe trauma to the skull or face.
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 - The 20th Space Control Squadron's Charlie Crew successfully tracked India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Feb. 15. Loaded with 104 satellites, the Indian PSLV set the record for the most spacecraft
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 - NASA has released its 2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications, all free of charge to the public, without any
Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 - After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The Chin
