Washington (AFP) June 15, 2016 - SpaceX successfully launched two satellites into orbit on Wednesday, but failed in an attempt to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket undamaged on a barge in the Atlantic.
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 15, 2016 - Airbus Safran Launchers has just finalised the first design phase for Ariane 6, successfully confirming the maturity of the future European launcher, for which the maiden flight is scheduled for 202
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (UPI) Jun 14, 2016 - Lockheed Martin reports that its fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite for the U.S. Navy has been encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing.
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2016 - Orbital ATK's unmanned Cygnus space capsule departed from the International Space Station on schedule Tuesday, three months after delivering 7,500 pounds (3,400 kilos) of supplies, material for scientific experiments and equipment to the orbiting outpost.
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2016 - This week, Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain attempted to cut off any further purchase of the Russian engines, proposing US companies compete to provide the United States with a reliable, d
Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2016 - Some experts believe China's Tiangong-1 space lab is nearing the end of its life. The problem is, no one's sure where or when it will fall. Nicknamed the Heavenly Palace, Tiangong-1 is Beijing's fir
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2016 - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and two colleagues will return to Earth on June 18 after 186 days on board the International Space Station (ISS) the US National Aeronautics and Space Administrati
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2016 - The Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the US Intelsat DLA-2 satellite was successfully launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday. We confirm that the separation of the
San Francisco (AFP) June 12, 2016 - The beauty industry has long relied on creating a sense of mystery, magic even, around its creams, powders and potions. But now it has something else up its sleeve: high technology.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 10, 2016 - Ukraine has proposed to the United States joint development and production of rocket engines to replace Russia's RD-180 engines that the US side buys for its space industry, head of the State Space
Promontory UT (SPX) Jun 10, 2016 - The Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting a hotter-than-normal summer for Utah, but at Orbital ATK's test facility in Promontory, crews are bundling up to chill down the booster for the world's most po
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jun 10, 2016 - Intelsat powered by its leading satellite backbone, and International Launch Services (ILS) has announced that an ILS Proton Breeze M successfully launched the Intelsat 31 satellite from the Baikonu
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 09, 2016 - Another major hardware component for Boeing's second Starliner spacecraft recently arrived at the company's assembly facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The upper dome - basically on
Mexico City (AFP) June 9, 2016 - Mexican engineer Gabriel Luna-Sandoval was urinating one day when he realized that the yellow liquid could be of vital use elsewhere.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 09, 2016 - The Pentagon is becoming more and more vocal in its warning about national security and budget risks that may result from ending the use of Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines, an article in The Wall
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 08, 2016 - A Ukrainian proposal to co-manufacture large rocket engines with the United States to replace Russian ones would face enormous problems, Spinney claimed. From a program management point of vi
