
NASA extends Boeing contract for International Space Station
Houston (UPI) Sep 30, 2015 - NASA has decided to keep Boeing as the International Space Station's prime contractor through September 30, 2020, Boeing announced on Tuesday.
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Houston (UPI) Sep 30, 2015 - NASA has decided to keep Boeing as the International Space Station's prime contractor through September 30, 2020, Boeing announced on Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2015

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 29, 2015 - The Spaceport's ability to conduct two parallel Ariane 5 launch campaigns is being demonstrated again as a new heavy-lift launcher takes shape for an Arianespace liftoff from French Guiana in Novemb
Sep 29, 2015

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 - It is that time of year when you are likely to start seeing reminders to get your flu vaccine and encourage your loved ones to do the same. For identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, their
Sep 25, 2015

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 - NASA has selected five new flight directors to manage International Space Station (ISS) operations. Anthony Vareha, Mary Lawrence, Rick Henfling, Timothy Creamer and Vincent LaCourt join a select gr
Sep 25, 2015

Dulles, VA (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 - United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK, Inc. (OA) announced a long-term strategic partnership in which Orbital ATK will become the sole provider of solid rocket boosters for ULA's Atlas V and
Sep 25, 2015

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 - Airbus Defence and Space, prime contractor for NASA's Orion space vehicle's European Service Module (ESM), has completed four large titanium tanks for the module that will be delivered for initial t
Sep 25, 2015

New Delhi (AFP) Sept 24, 2015 - He has 30 million fans on Facebook and tweets multiple times a day - but as Narendra Modi visits Silicon Valley this weekend, it is Indian technology that will be centre-screen.
Sep 24, 2015

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 24, 2015 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's ninth mission of 2015 is now fully assembled, following the integration of its two telecommunications satellites at the Space
Sep 24, 2015

Redmond, Ore. (UPI) Sep 24, 2015 - If you're planning a trip to the edge of space, you might think it prudent to bring along an engine. But you're not an engineer on the Airbus-sponsored Perlan Project.
Sep 24, 2015

Tokyo (UPI) Sep 23, 2015 - Medaka fish raised on the International Space Station developed lighter, weaker bones, researchers in Japan report.
Sep 23, 2015

Taiyuan, China (SPX) Sep 22, 2015 - China successfully launched a new model of carrier rocket, Long March-6, at 7:01 a.m. Sunday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket carried 20 mi
Sep 22, 2015

Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2015 - The 45th Space Wing expanded commercial space launch operations by welcoming Blue Origin to the Eastern Range during a media event held at Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Sep 22, 2015

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 22, 2015 - No longer the stuff of science fiction, the details of how people work and live in space and other extreme environments have become a growing part of the economy. Education and training for th
Sep 22, 2015

Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 22, 2015 - Paddy Neumann, a University of Sydney doctoral student in Physics, has developed an ionic space drive that has demolished the record for fuel efficiency. NASA's HIPEP system allows 9600 (+/-20
Sep 22, 2015

Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 22, 2015 - Russian Defense Ministry announced the launch of the Rokot lightweight launch vehicle carrying Rodnik communication satellites from the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome. Russian Defense Ministry
Sep 22, 2015

Shanghai (AFP) Sept 20, 2015 - China on Sunday launched a new, smaller type of rocket from its Long March family which will be primarily used for carrying satellites aloft, state media reported, as the country races ahead with an ambitious space programme.
Sep 20, 2015