Beijing (XNA) Apr 25, 2016 - China will launch about 150 of its Long March carrier rockets over the next five years, one of its space chiefs said on Friday, days ahead of celebrations marking the launch of the country's first s
Paris (AFP) April 25, 2016 - Europe will attempt to launch a Russian Soyuz rocket for the fourth time Monday after weather conditions and technical faults halted previous take-offs, launch service Arianespace said.
Dulles, VA (SPX) Apr 25, 2016 - Orbital ATK, Inc reports that the company's Iuka, Mississippi, manufacturing plant has produced its 500th large composite rocket structure for United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch vehicles. Sin
Beijing (XNA) Apr 25, 2016 - China is working on its own reusable rocket technologies, a source close to the research told Xinhua Thursday. Chinese experts have already built a prototype model to test theories on the reus
London (UPI) Apr 24, 2016 - In an out-of-this-world feat, British astronaut Tim Peake competed in his own version of the London Marathon on Sunday.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2016 - The House Space Subcommittee has held a hearing to examine the current state of the small satellite commercial launch industry, which generates hundreds of billions of dollars of economic activity a
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2016 - Russian cosmonaut and the executive director for Roscosmos manned programs Sergei Krikalev told Sputnik that the space cooperation between Moscow and Washington was a vivid example of the countries'
Beijing (XNA) Apr 22, 2016 - China will put the country's second space lab Tiangong-2 into space in the third quarter of this year with more livable conditions for astronauts, a spokesman said here Thursday. According to
Beijing (XNA) Apr 22, 2016 - China will take its new generation heavy-lift rocket Long March-5 to the skies later this year, and is planning even bigger models. According to Wang Jue, head of the Long March-5 project, the
Bath, UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2016 - Researchers at the University of Bath have developed an innovative miniature fuel cell that can generate electricity from urine, creating an affordable, renewable and carbon-neutral way of generatin
Washington (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2016 - Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics Frank Kendall said that the US armed forces will need to buy Russian RD-180 engines for Atlas rocket boosters to send satellites into space f
Beijing (XNA) Apr 22, 2016 - China will launch a core module belonging to its first space station around 2018, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. on Thursday. Two space labs will be
Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2016 - China plans to send a rover to Mars to explore the Red Planet, a top space official announced on Friday, in the latest step of its ambitious space programme.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 22, 2016 - The medium-lift Soyuz for Arianespace's upcoming launch from French Guiana is now complete, following the integration of its upper composite - which consists of a five-satellite payload to support
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2016 - The deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said that Russia and the United States discussed the possibility of increasing the efficiency of cooperation at ISS. Russia and the United S
London, UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2016 - A new paper in the journal npj Microgravity explores the options for astronauts who want to prevent menstrual bleeding during their space missions. The paper, written by authors at King's College Lo
