Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 10, 2016 - The United States plans to certify American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX to carry its national security payloads into space and has so far been 'encouraged' by the approach the company has taken to
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2016 - Jerry Cook, a native of Greensboro, Alabama, has been named deputy director of NASA's Space Launch System Program at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SLS will be the
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2016 - Arianespace and ViaSat Inc., a global broadband services and technology company, have contracted for the launches of ViaSat-2 and a ViaSat-3 class satellite. Both ViaSat-2 and ViaSat-3 class s
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 10, 2016 - When visitors to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, sign up for a bus tour of the nearby NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, one of the highlights is a look inside NASA's Payloa
Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 09, 2016 - SES S.A. reports that it is targeting a 24 February 2016 launch date (with a backup date of the 25th) for its new satellite, SES-9. This date was mutually set by SES and the launch operator for SES-
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 09, 2016 - Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) is developing a human-rated version of its Dragon capsule that will be capable of precision powered landings on the ground. In fact, the company has adv
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2016 - Progress continues on the journey to Mars as NASA plans to send astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including to an asteroid and ultimately to the surface of Mars. Before humans embark on
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 07, 2016 - When it comes to wine, we can choose red or white depending on our tastes. With blood cells, however, we need both red and white in order to stay healthy and function well. Spending time in sp
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 07, 2016 - China's largest and most powerful rocket the Long March 5 underwent final tests at the Wen-chang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan province. The rocket's first flight will be conducted in Sept
Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 07, 2016 - A panel of space experts has revealed that NASA is capable of developing only one major human spaceflight mission at a time, and must make a tough choice between projected flights to Mars and the mo
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2016 - Three new advanced Russian Orlan-MKS spacesuits will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2016, the head of the Russian segment of the ISS said on Wednesday. Ear
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2016 - A NASA team has successfully demonstrated the handling and loading of a new-fangled, Swedish-developed green propellant that smells like glass cleaner, looks like chardonnay, but has proven powerf
Paris (ESA) Feb 04, 2016 - ESA's Expose facility was retrieved from outside the International Space Station by cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergei Volkov, who were completing a spacewalk to place new experiments on the out
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Feb 04, 2016 - The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA's Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) is secured in an upgraded version of a test stand called the birdcage in the high bay inside the Neil Armstrong Operatio
Moscow (UPI) Feb 3, 2016 - Two Russians cosmonauts went on a spacewalk Wednesday to retrieve and replace biological samples from outside the International Space Station.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2016 - The first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 13 CubeSats to test innovative ideas along with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft in 2018. These small satellite sec
