Beijing (XNA) May 31, 2016 - China launched a new civilian high-resolution mapping satellite on Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province. The 2.7-tonne Ziyuan III 02 satellite took off on the bac
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2016 - It's not easy to put the intelligence in artificial intelligence. Current machine learning techniques generally rely on huge amounts of training data, vast computational resources, and a time-consum
Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2016 - A Russian rocket engine company, with the assistance of a major research and development institute, will work on a project to create a powerful electrodeless plasma rocket engine, Russia's Roscosmos
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2016 - NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) will launch America into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth's orbit. On its first flight, NASA will demonstrate the rocket's heavy-lift capabi
La Paz (XNA) May 30, 2016 - In a successful transfer of technology, Bolivian personnel have taken over the operations of the country's Chinese-built Tupac Katari satellite, an official said Wednesday. Starting in April
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2016 - NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space Station two days after aborting the first attempt when it ran into problems.
Hampton VA (SPX) May 27, 2016 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently feasted on a spicy Jamaican rice and beans with coconut milk entree cooked up by a team of culinary students from Phoebus High School in Ha
Miami (AFP) May 27, 2016 - NASA will try again Saturday to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station, after the first attempt ran into problems due to too much friction.
Miami (AFP) May 27, 2016 - SpaceX launched an Asian communications satellite into a distant orbit Friday and for the fourth time managed to recover the rocket that did the work.
Houston TX (SPX) May 27, 2016 - NASA's Human Research Program is releasing Metabolomics: You Are What You Eat video to highlight its Twins Study which uses omics to study Mark and Scott Kelly's metabolites. Omics is an evolving
Korolyov (Sputnik) May 26, 2016 - China is considering cooperating with other countries on Moon exploration, the deputy chief of China's National Space Administration (CNSA) said Wednesday. A study is being conducted to justify the importance of lunar exploration. We are considering working together with other countries in this sphere, Yang Liwei said.
Houston TX (SPX) May 26, 2016 - The final preparations are under way for Thursday morning's expansion of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from the Tranquility module. Back on Earth, a veteran cosmonaut and a pair of f
Moscow (Sputnik) May 26, 2016 - Vinicio Montoya de Leon, a 49-year old native of Guatemala, is set to become the first Central American astronaut in history by late 2018 - early 2019. The chain of events that led an ordinary Guate
Miami (AFP) May 26, 2016 - SpaceX on Thursday postponed the launch of an Asian communications satellite after detecting a tiny glitch in the Falcon 9 rocket engine, CEO Elon Musk said.
Washington DC (VOA) May 26, 2016 - NASA says the U.S. can someday cooperate with China as it did with the Soviet Union on the Apollo-Soyuz joint project in 1975. Responding to questions Monday at an event hosted by the Mitchell Insti
Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2016 - Astronauts know their bodies will be tested during time spent on the International Space Station, from the 15 daily sunrises and sunsets wreaking havoc on their circadian rhythms to the lack of grav
