Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 15, 2015 - Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to travel to the International Space Station, on Tuesday docked with the orbiting laboratory with two other spacemen, to cheers and excitement back home.
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 15, 2015 - O3b Networks Limited - the developer of a global, high-speed, low-latencysatellite-based network for telecommunications operators, ISPs, enterprises and governments - has signed a contract with Aria
Mojave CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2015 - XCOR Director of Engineering and acting CTO Michael Valant announced that his team has reached an important milestone in the development of the reusable 5K18 Lynx main propulsion rocket engine. His
Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 14, 2015 - China has launched a new communication satellite from the southern province of Sichuan, local media reported Thursday. China's Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation announced in Novembe
Geneva (AFP) Dec 14, 2015 - China accounted for nearly a third of the world's patent applications last year, once again driving strong global growth, despite a sharp decrease in industrial design filings, the UN said Monday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 14, 2015 - A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has successfully put into orbit a military satellite following the launch from the Baikonur space center, the Defense Ministry press service said Sunday. The
Tokyo (XNA) Dec 14, 2015 - Japan will launch an X-ray astronomy satellite atop an H-2A carrier rocket in February next year, as an effort to elucidate the structure of space and its evolution. Mitsubishi Heavy Industrie
New Delhi (IANS) Dec 14, 2015 - India will be launching six Singaporean satellites weighing a total of around 625 kg on December 16 evening through its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, a senior official said. I
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 14, 2015 - Astronaut Timothy Peake, set to become the first Briton to travel to the International Space Station, said on the eve of his departure that he would look down on Earth at Christmas time and think of his family - hopefully while tucking into some Christmas pudding himself.
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 12, 2015 - The US Department of Defense will reply to the letter of US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain regarding the using of Russian RD-180 rocket engines, Department spokesperson Maureen
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 12, 2015 - NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program (GSDO) has successfully completed its critical design review, on the path to preparing for the agency's journey to Mars. Members of the
Paris (ESA) Dec 12, 2015 - Europe's Vega light launcher is entering its commercial life boasting a flawless record and an impressive set of capabilities for a wide range of missions. Vega scored its sixth straight succe
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 11, 2015 - Three International Space Station crew members are preparing to return to Earth early Friday after 141 days in space. Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosm
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 11, 2015 - Three astronauts, from the United States, Russia and Japan, on Friday successfully completed a rare nighttime landing on Earth in the wintry Kazakh steppe after returning from the International Space Station.
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2015 - SpaceX on Thursday announced plans to launch its Falcon 9 on December 19, its first mission since a massive explosion after liftoff destroyed the rocket and its space station cargo six months ago.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 08, 2015 - Dec. 5 marks a year since the successful first deep-space flight of NASA's Orion on Exploration Flight Test-1, a test that took the uncrewed spacecraft 3,600 miles into space and safely returned it
