Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 31, 2016 - Eighty years ago, when interplanetary travel was still a fiction and that fiction looked like Flash Gordon, seven young men drove out to a dry canyon wash in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountai
Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 - This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has
Hampton VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 - Jeremy Vann and Ronnie Vance scoured the dustiest, most forlorn corners of NASA's Langley Research Center in hopes of rescuing knowledge cast aside and nearly lost. At the front lines of what's been
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Oct 30, 2016 - SpaceX has zeroed in on what caused one of the private space company's Falcon 9 rockets to explode on the launch pad nearly two months ago.
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 30, 2016 - Three astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan Sunday following a 115-day mission aboard the the International Space Station, including US astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in space.
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2016 - Modern mass spectrometry systems enable scientists to routinely determine the quantitative composition of cells or tissue samples. However, different analysis software packages often produce differe
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2016 - Just as farmers on Earth are planting leafy greens for the fall growing season, astronauts aboard the International Space Station are planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016 - Preparations are now underway for Arianespace's next flight with its lightweight Vega, set for December 5, with the launcher taking shape at the Spaceport and the mission's GOKTURK-1A payload for Tu
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 27, 2016 - The thundering roar of a rocket leaving the launch pad is a familiar sight. Much less familiar is the job of the smaller upper stage engines that do their job mostly beyond eye and camera range, but
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 26, 2016 - Astronauts have been known to joke about how they turn yesterday's coffee into tomorrow's coffee. (Hint: It involves urine.) While this may seem like a gross scenario, it has become a reality on the
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 - In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space P
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 - Representatives from US and Chinese government agencies held the second US-China Civil Space Dialogue to advance collaboration on space activities, the US Department of State said in a press release
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 26, 2016 - Many astronauts play instruments, and some have even made music in space. Few have danced in space, though, perhaps because crew members find it difficult to tap their toes when weightless. Or it co
Hunstville AL (XNA) Oct 26, 2016 - Every year, a group of Hong Kong and Macao youngsters get a close look at what it's like to be in outer space. Wang Yuke reports. Applause and exclamations of congratulation echoed throughout the we
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 25, 2016 - Harvard University researchers have made the first entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensing. Built by a fully automated, digital manufacturing procedure, the 3D-printed heart-on-a
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016 - The Orbital ATK Antares launch vehicle was designed to provide services similar to the venerable Delta II, a favorite NASA launch system that is being retired. Antares is basically a two-stage vehic
