Houston TX (SPX) Jul 28, 2015 - Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and Japan have arrived at the International Space Station to continue important research that advances NASA's journey to Mars while making d
Washington (AFP) July 28, 2015 - US safety officials on Tuesday accused the builders of a commercial space vehicle of failing to factor in human error that caused its disintegration over the Mojave Desert last year.
Essex UK (SPX) Jul 28, 2015 - The University of Essex has entered exploratory discussions to establish the world's deepest and largest research, training and development pool on the Knowledge Gateway research and business park a
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 27, 2015 - Arianespace has inaugurated FCube (Fregat Fueling Facility), the new building dedicated to fueling the Fregat upper stage of the Soyuz launch vehicle. Located at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Sp
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2015 - The Russian government has agreed to prolong life of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2024, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos Igor Komarov said. The government has approv
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2015 - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is promoting its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), a launch system initially developed to allow India to achieve its domestic space goals. To
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 24, 2015 - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren are expected to make a six-hour trip to the space station and dock to the Rassvet mini-research modu
Moscow (AFP) July 23, 2015 - Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States Thursday have docked with the International Space Station after a two-month delay, and a minor hiccup with a solar array
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jul 23, 2015 - Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States Thursday docked successfully with the International Space Station under six hours after they launched, NASA television showed. The Soyuz TMA
Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Jul 22, 2015 - India's first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds on
Stennis Space Center LA (SPX) Jul 21, 2015 - In auto racing parlance, NASA engineers put the pedal to the metal during a July 17 test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center. During a 535-second test, ope
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 21, 2015 - The EUTELSAT 8 West B telecommunications satellite for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission is now in French Guiana, enabling payload preparations to begin for a scheduled August 20 flight from the S
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 21, 2015 - On June 28, 2015, following a nominal liftoff, Falcon 9 experienced an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank approximately 139 seconds into flight, resulting in loss of mission. T
Miami (AFP) July 21, 2015 - The explosion last month of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was caused by a failed support piece, or strut, that allowed a helium bottle to burst free inside the rocket's liquid oxygen tank, CEO Elon Musk said Monday.
Paris (SPX) Jul 17, 2015 - Arianespace's new Fregat Fueling Facility (FCube) is the latest addition to the Spaceport's launcher and satellite processing resources, further supporting the company's sustained mission rates with
Redmond WA (SPX) Jul 17, 2015 - Planetary Resources has announced that its Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) spacecraft deployed successfully from the International Space Station's (ISS) Kibo airlock and has begun its 90-day mission. The dem
