Moscow (AFP) Dec 1, 2016 - An unmanned cargo ship travelling to the International Space Station burned up in the atmosphere shortly after launch on Thursday, Russia's space agency said.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 01, 2016 - The eighth Vega lightweight launcher to be operated from the Spaceport in French Guiana has been fully assembled and topped off with the Gokturk-1 optical satellite payload, readying it for Ariane
Midland TX (SPX) Dec 01, 2016 - XCOR Aerospace and Immortal Data Incorporated have entered into a licensing agreement having Immortal Data further developing and commercializing the ShipsLog software, the data acquisition system f
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2016 - A Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the Progress MS-04 space freighter has been installed to the launching pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia said
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2016 - The United States and China are on course to surpass Russia in the number of space launches for the first time this year, Roscosmos said Tuesday. This year we will for the first time have few
Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 30, 2016 - Orbital ATK has completed its sixth cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Known as OA-5, the mission marked the company's return to flight operations from NASA's Wallop
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 29, 2016 - A visual problem affecting astronauts who serve on lengthy missions in space is related to volume changes in the clear fluid that is found around the brain and spinal cord, according to new research
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 29, 2016 - When astronauts in the Orion spacecraft travel beyond the moon to explore deep space destinations, they'll need a robust diet to keep them healthy and sharp. While cre
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2016 - The Russian space industry has overcome a series of failures and made a considerable breakthrough in space technology, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Monday. One of the key projects
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2016 - A Proton-M rocket and a Briz-M booster have arrived at the Russian spaceport in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Monday. The agency is preparing to launch EchoStar XXI, a commu
Miami (AFP) Nov 28, 2016 - Astronauts may experience blurry vision and impaired eyesight after long spaceflights due to changes in spinal fluid that occur while in microgravity, researchers said Monday.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2016 - China successfully launched the Tianlian I-04 satellite on Tuesday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carri
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 25, 2016 - Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students joined the Project PoSSUM suborbital research program team to evaluate a prototype commercial spacesuit in microgravity as part of the PoSSUM Bioast
Miami (AFP) Nov 23, 2016 - When you've got to go, but you're out there in space, zipped up in a spacesuit, with no toilet in sight and a crew of other astronauts around, what do you do?
Geneva (AFP) Nov 23, 2016 - China has become the first country to file more than a million patent applications in a year, leading a global innovation surge that has defied sluggish economic growth, the UN said Wednesday.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 22, 2016 - Processing activity at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has ramped up in preparation for the agency's launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on its first deep
