Paris, France (SPX) May 20, 2016 - Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, has started assembling the European Service Module (ESM), a key element of NASA's next-generation Orion spacecraft that will trans
Moscow (Sputnik) May 20, 2016 - The Pentagon saying no to the further use of Russian RD-180 rocket engines may damage the financial viability of NASA projects, according to the Wall Street Journal's Andy Pasztor. If the
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 19, 2016 - An internship program offered by NASA's Planetary Data System's Small Bodies Subnode hosted at the Planetary Science Institute is making archived scientific information more accessible to researcher
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 18, 2016 - The second of two Space Systems Loral-built (SSL) payloads on Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission is well into its pre-launch processing at the Spaceport as Indonesia's BRIsat is readied for a J
New Delhi (Sputnik) May 18, 2016 - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is embarking on a landmark experiment to create India's very own space shuttle. In what has been touted as the country's first attempt, the agency is
Canberra, Australia (UPI) May 18, 2016 - Australia and the United States have successfully fired an experimental rocket with a speed of more than seven times the speed of sound.
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) May 17, 2016 - The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne achieved a major milestone under the Hydrocarbon Boost program, which is advancing domestic rocket engine technologies in sup
Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2016 - NASA has selected eight technology proposals for investment that have the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches t
Moscow (Sputnik) May 17, 2016 - Russia has so far spent 84 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) on the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday. Vostochny had been under construct
Wageningen, Netherlands (AFP) May 17, 2016 - Establishing a human colony on the Moon and travelling to Mars has been the stuff of dreams since the dawn of the space age.
Wallops VA (SPX) May 17, 2016 - Orbital ATK's Antares first stage with the new engines is rolled from NASA Wallops Flight Facility's Horizontal Integration Facility to Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A on May
Korolev (Sputnik) May 17, 2016 - Russia will begin financing the development of a new carrier rocket dubbed Phoenix in 2018, Deputy General Director of Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Aleksandr Medvedev said F
Ottawa (AFP) May 16, 2016 - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission in late 2018, Science Minister Navdeep Bains announced Monday.
Moscow (AFP) May 16, 2016 - The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, on Monday orbited Earth for the 100,000th time, Russian mission control said.
Washington DC (XNA) May 16, 2016 - China and the United States have held their first dialogue here on outer space safety. During the dialogue on Tuesday the two sides exchanged views on issues such as outer space policy, bilateral co
Promontory UT (SPX) May 12, 2016 - Orbital ATK in partnership with NASA, has completed installing the second Space Launch System (SLS) booster qualification motor, QM-2, in a specialized test stand in Utah in preparation for a June 2
