Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2016 - Scientific apparatus carried by Tiangong-2 began operational at around 6:41 p.m. Thursday Beijing Time after being on standby mode for nearly seven days since the space lab entered its preset orbit
Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 26, 2016 - Lockheed Martin has won a $147 million Pentagon contract to conduct research into the hypersonic Mach 5 Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) aircraft project. The question now, according to Russian analysts,
Los Angeles (Sputnik) Sep 26, 2016 - Flagrantly ignoring the warning of renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking, the Voyager spacecraft is on a multi-decade journey through interstellar space carrying 12-inch golden records containing the
New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 26, 2016 - ISRO hopes to outperform other stakeholders in the lightweight satellite launcher category by exhibiting its capability to carry out multi-orbit missions. The Indian Space Research Organizatio
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 26, 2016 - The launch of the Atlas V rocket with the WorldView-4 satellite has been rescheduled until no earlier than next month, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) said. According to ULA, the fire has not
Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 25, 2016 - From real estate, to high-tech firms to entertainment giants, Chinese investments in the United States, notably California, are moving at a dizzying pace and are on course to smash records again this year.
Taipei (AFP) Sept 23, 2016 - Taiwan's tourism sector suffered the worst summer in 13 years due to a slump in Chinese visitors, officials said Friday, as ties with Beijing deteriorate.
Wellington, New Zealand (XNA) Sep 22, 2016 - The New Zealand government on Friday authorized the country's first-ever space launches, which are due to begin before the end of this year. The government had signed a contract with the U.S.-
Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2016 - New space lab will be equipped with Bluetooth, better lighting, sound dampening, exercise equipment and other features China's newest space laboratory, Tiangong II, will provide more comfortab
Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2016 - Batch production of Long March 5 has begun, said Meng Fanxin, manager of the industrialized base for the carrier rocket in Tianjin. Known as the Long March 5, China's most powerful heavy-lift
Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2016 - New concept opens range of possibilities for high-speed commercial travel, tourism. Chinese space engineers will join hands to develop a next-generation craft with enormous business potential for co
Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2016 - China's experiment in human living for space exploration is going smoothly, halfway into the project, the Astronaut Center of China (ACC) announced Tuesday. Four volunteers started a 180-day e
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 22, 2016 - The International Space Station may bring to mind launch pads in Florida or control rooms in Houston, but humanity's longest continuously inhabited outpost in space also requires near-constant suppo
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 22, 2016 - Several days after its launch, China's Tiangong 2 space laboratory seems to be working well. The uncrewed module has made engine burns and orbital changes, demonstrating its capabilities. Chin
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 22, 2016 - Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins checks a sample for air bubbles prior to loading it in the biomolecule sequencer. When Rubins' expedition began, zero base pairs of
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 22, 2016 - Pre-flight activities for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission are ramping up at the Spaceport in French Guiana, with launcher and payload preparations advancing in parallel for the October 4 lif
