
US astronauts dodge ammonia on risky spacewalk
Miami (AFP) Nov 6, 2015 - Two US astronauts successfully dodged highly toxic ammonia flakes during a risky spacewalk Friday to repair a cooling system at the International Space Station.
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Miami (AFP) Nov 6, 2015 - Two US astronauts successfully dodged highly toxic ammonia flakes during a risky spacewalk Friday to repair a cooling system at the International Space Station.
Nov 6, 2015

Houston TX (SPX) Nov 06, 2015 - Vittamed has announced that it has secured $10M in Series A financing by Xeraya Capital Labuan Ltd (Xeraya Capital) via a special purpose vehicle led the investment round (committed $8M) with addi
Nov 6, 2015

Edwards CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2015 - Researchers from several NASA centers had an opportunity to share information about revolutionary new technologies at the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Showcase held at Armstrong Flight Res
Nov 6, 2015

Miami (AFP) Nov 5, 2015 - NASA has informed Boeing that it is out of the running for a $3.5 billion competition to send cargo to the International Space Station, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.
Nov 5, 2015

Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 05, 2015 - The U.S. Navy along with the U.S. Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space Office, in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, the University of Hawaii's Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory, the
Nov 5, 2015

Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2015 - Just three weeks ago, NASA's Independent Review Team released the Executive Summary of its Orb-3 Accident Investigation Report. This report chronicles the events and summarizes the likely failure ca
Nov 5, 2015

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2015 - Rocket Lab has announced they have selected Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) to provide range safety support for their upcoming Electron launches in 2016. AAC's core business area is space launch.
Nov 5, 2015

Wallops Island, Va. (UPI) Nov 5, 2015 - Launching rockets is dangerous work. A reminder of that fact arrived this week in the form of a Flickr photo album, uploaded by NASA and featuring fiery close-ups of last year's Antares rocket explosion.
Nov 5, 2015

Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2015 - QUT scientists have discovered the gene that will open the door for space-based food production. Professor Peter Waterhouse, a plant geneticist at QUT, discovered the gene in the ancient Australian
Nov 4, 2015

Miami (AFP) Nov 4, 2015 - Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut?
Nov 4, 2015

Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 04, 2015 - The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signed contracts for 31 commercial space launches in 2015, the agency's head Igor Komarov said Tuesday. A number of these lauches will be carried o
Nov 4, 2015

Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 04, 2015 - Wherever humans explore, they must essentially replicate the life support system provided naturally on Earth. People living on the International Space Station continuously for the last 15 years are
Nov 4, 2015

Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 04, 2015 - The creation of new space launches using converted ballistic missiles, including the Satan, will be accomplished by 2017, a deputy director of a Rostech subsidiary said Tuesday. We are curren
Nov 4, 2015

London, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2015 - BAE Systems plc and Reaction Engines Limited ('Reaction Engines') have announced a strategic investment by BAE Systems and a working collaboration to accelerate Reaction Engines' development of SABR
Nov 4, 2015

Shanghai (XNA) Nov 04, 2015 - A model of China's Martian probe will debut at China International Industry Fair, it was announced Monday. The 17th China International Industry Fair will open on Tuesday in Shanghai, lasting
Nov 4, 2015

Kauai, Hawaii (UPI) Nov 4, 2015 - The Super Strypi rocket, the first space launch from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range in Kauai, Hawaii, failed shortly after takeoff, the U.S. Air Force confirmed.
Nov 4, 2015