Houston TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2016 - NASA astronaut Scott Kelly paved the way for future missions when he embarked on a one-year mission in space along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. Kelly will be the first American to compl
New Delhi (XNA) Feb 23, 2016 - India is planning to launch at least 12 space missions every year for the next five years, a top official of the state-owned space agency has reportedly said. We have already launched 55 miss
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 23, 2016 - The US government shouldn't make a hasty decision and stop the use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines; otherwise it would hinder US access to space, Senator Richard Shelby wrote for the Wall
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 23, 2016 - When the first astronauts travel to deep space in Orion, they'll know their mission is solidly built on years of hard work by engineers on the ground. While manufacturing and assembly work continues
Beijing (XNA) Feb 23, 2016 - China's first moon lander, Chang'e-3, awakened automatically on Thursday after sleeping during the lunar night, entering its 28th lunar day, China's State Administration of Science, Technology and
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 23, 2016 - Russian will become a mandatory subject in NASA's space training program, the US space agency announced on its website on Saturday, adding that all those wishing to fly to space should learn the Rus
Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 23, 2016 - Orbital ATK completed its fourth cargo delivery mission (OA-4) to the International Space Station (ISS), including the initial demonstration flight and three operational missions under NASA's Commer
Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2016 - California-based SpaceX is already warning that failure is likely in Wednesday's attempt at landing its Falcon 9 rocket, following the launch of a European satellite into a distant orbit.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 22, 2016 - The preparations for Arianespace's second Ariane 5 launch of 2016 are continuing for a March 9 liftoff from French Guiana, with the heavy-lift vehicle now transferred to the Spaceport's Final Assemb
London, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2016 - The UK Space Agency, ESA, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced a second competition for UK school children to write code that will fly with Tim Peake on the International Space Station.
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2016 - The Center for Operation of Space Ground-Based Infrastructure of Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced a tender for air carriers interested in conducting regular flights to the Baikonur space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2016 - With the completion of New Horizons' primary mission of Pluto fly-by, should we now set our sights even much higher, ambitiously taking aim at other star systems? If so, Alpha Centauri would be prob
Washington DC (AFP) Feb 20, 2016 - Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, on Friday unveiled a new commercial spaceship, more than a year after its predecessor crashed, killing one of
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2016 - NASA has received a record 18,300 resumes from people keen on becoming astronauts, the US space agency said Friday.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2016 - One of the engineers NASA depends on to assess the landing systems of the next generation of human-rated spacecraft brings 14 years of experience working with parachutes on launch systems. Plus, as
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2016 - China's next astronauts will launch this year aboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft. Their target will be the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which will probably launch at least a few weeks before them. Th
