Washington DC (SPX) Dec 29, 2015 - NASA is partnering with Harmonic, a worldwide leader in video delivery based in San Jose, California, to bring you the experience of riding a rocket to space or living and working on the Internation
Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 29, 2015 - On the eve of the Winter Solstice SpaceX engineers achieved a historic first achievement. The first stage of a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, after boosting the upper stage to a planned separation point,
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 28, 2015 - Russia's space and rocket company, Energomash, will deliver 20 RD-180 engines to the United States by 2019 for the US Atlas 5's first-stage rocket carriers, Energomash said Thursday. The US Congress
London (AFP) Dec 25, 2015 - Tim Peake, the first British astronaut on the International Space Station, dialled a wrong number after trying to phone home for Christmas, asking a woman Is this planet Earth?
Chennai, India (IANS) Dec 25, 2015 - The year 2015 could be termed as one of commercial launches for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), while steps have been taken to spread the usage of space technology within India.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 24, 2015 - The Crew Access Arm and White Room that astronauts will use in 2017 to board Boeing's CST-100 Starliner saw some of their first visitors Dec. 10 during a tour of the structures by the first four ast
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 24, 2015 - NASA and its partners are on track to launch astronauts from Florida's Space Coast to the International Space Station as soon as 2017, thanks to critical progress made in 2015. Through partnerships
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 24, 2015 - In 2013, Chang'e-3, an unmanned lunar mission, touched down on the northern part of the Imbrium basin, one of the most prominent of the lava-filled impact basins visible from Earth. It was a b
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 24, 2015 - Nobody wants a spacecraft to spring a leak - but if it happens, the best thing you can do is locate and fix it, fast. That's why NASA launched the International Space Station (ISS) Robotic External
Paris (AFP) Dec 23, 2015 - Michelin-starred chefs are vying to create Christmas delights for astronauts spending the festive season 400 kilometres away from Earth and their families.
Miami (AFP) Dec 22, 2015 - SpaceX stuck the landing of its powerful Falcon 9 rocket Monday, in what the company hailed as a landmark success toward one day making rockets as reusable as airplanes.
Paris (AFP) Dec 22, 2015 - A day after SpaceX pulled off an upright landing of its powerful Falcon 9 rocket, the head of France's space agency called it a technological feat but warned of more work ahead.
Miami (AFP) Dec 22, 2015 - SpaceX successfully landed its powerful Falcon 9 rocket Monday for the first time, a major milestone in the drive to cut costs and waste by making rockets as reusable as airplanes.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2015 - Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a key design milestone for its AR1 rocket engine this week. AR1 is an American-made engine that is being developed as a direct replacement for the Russian-made RD-18
Cape Canaveral AFS F (SPX) Dec 21, 2015 - The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing successfully supported the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket during its mission to put ORBCOMM's OG2 communications satellites in to orbit Dec. 21 at 8:29 p.m. from Sp
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 21, 2015 - ESA (The European Space Agency) and Arianespace have signed a launch services contract for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), to be orbited by an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the Guiana Spac
