Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2016 - A state commission has approved October 19 as a new date for the postponed launch of the Soyuz MS-02 manned spacecraft to the International Space Station, Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 07, 2016 - NASA is seeking plant varieties that could grow best in space, providing food for astronauts to eat on their way to future deep space destinations, including Mars. Teachers and students in South Flo
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 06, 2016 - NASA successfully kicked off a series of tests Sept. 30 to qualify Orion's parachute system for flights with astronauts, a milestone that will help the agency safely return crew to Earth from deep-s
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2016 - Orbital ATK is scheduled to send new science experiments to the International Space Station in early October on its sixth Commercial Resupply Services (CSR) mission. The Cygnus spacecraft will blast
Paris (ESA) Oct 06, 2016 - With 74 successful launches in a row, Ariane 5 now matches the reliability of Ariane 4 - while an experiment is helping the development of Ariane 6. Arianespace announced liftoff at 20:30 GMT
Miami (AFP) Oct 5, 2016 - Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape function, aimed at saving space travelers' lives in case of catastrophe.
Seoul (AFP) Oct 5, 2016 - Samsung's drug-manufacturing unit plans to raise as much as $2.0 billion in November with what looks set to be South Korea's third-largest initial public offering (IPO).
Beijing (XNA) Oct 05, 2016 - It is almost closing time at the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) and six-year-old Shi Jiajun is still standing in line, somewhat forlornly, in front of a spacecraft, waiting for a ride
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2016 - Millions of students across the country take on internships every year, but not all have the chance to be part of an innovative team pushing the boundaries of space communications. Summer interns wi
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 04, 2016 - Arianespace has delivered another Ariane 5 to the launch zone at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, clearing the way for tomorrow's heavy-lift mission with a pair of telecommunications satellites:
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2016 - Almost all space launch vehicles liftoff from the ground in the vertical direction and continue to orbit along an ascent trajectory that is usually optimized for the conditions in order to maximize
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 04, 2016 - China's state media are quiet right now about the upcoming Shenzhou 11 mission. This spacecraft will carry two astronauts to the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which seems to have passed all of its on
New Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 04, 2016 - Welding is complete on the largest piece of the core stage that will provide the fuel for the first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, with the Orion spacecraft in 2018. The
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 04, 2016 - David Osborne, an Aerie Aerospace LLC machinist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, takes measurements prior to the start of precision machining of the Orion stage adapter
Wellington NZ (XNA) Oct 04, 2016 - The New Zealand government is keeping an open mind on international cooperation in its nascent space program, saying it could be open to future collaboration with China and other space powers, Econo
Wellington (XNA) Oct 04, 2016 - New Zealand first space launch site was officially opened Tuesday, with Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce saying it would help generate the national space program. Joyce said he was l
