Mojave CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2015 - XCOR Aerospace has announced its selection of Matrix Composites, Inc. of Rockledge, Florida as the manufacturer and supplier of the XCOR Lynx Mark I spacecraft composite chine panels. The chi
Moscow (UPI) Jun 10, 2015 - The International Space Station shifted orbit on Tuesday after engines on the docked Soyuz spacecraft inexplicably fired for roughly a minute.
Moscow (AFP) June 10, 2015 - The orbiting International Space Station has shifted in position after an engine glitch on a docked spacecraft which is due to bring astronauts back to Earth this week, Russia said.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2015 - Engineers are poring over the data following the second experimental landing technology test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project. The saucer-shaped LDSD craft splashed down a
Beijing (XNA) Jun 09, 2015 - An electric thruster, creating a thrust as gentle as a breath blowing out a candle, could send a spacecraft to Mars, so long as it keeps blowing and accelerating the craft over time. Electric prop
Moscow (AFP) June 9, 2015 - Russia's space agency said on Tuesday the next manned mission to the International Space Station would blast off between July 23 and 25, after it delayed the launch due to a rocket failure.
Paris (ESA) Jun 09, 2015 - ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will return to Earth on 11 June, along with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov, having spent 200 days in space on the International
Blagoveshchensk, Russia (Sputnik) Jun 09, 2015 - The crew of Expedition 42/43 will return to Earth from the International Space Station on June 11, Roscosmos head Igor Komarov said Friday. Three members of the ISS crew - US astronaut Terry V
Manoa HI (SPX) Jun 08, 2015 - After eight months of isolation, the faux astronauts on the longest space analog study ever conducted on U.S. soil will wrap up their research mission on Saturday, June 13. The Hawaii Space Ex
Washington (AFP) June 8, 2015 - NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of flying saucer that will test technologies for landing on Mars.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 8, 2015 - After a few setbacks and several anxious periods of radio silence, the Planetary Society's solar sailing space probe has deployed its giant, featherlight sails.
Washington (AFP) June 8, 2015 - NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of flying saucer that will test technologies for landing on Mars, but its outsized parachute only partly deployed.
Blagoveshchensk, Russia (Sputnik) Jun 08, 2015 - The first launch of a new manned spacecraft on an Angara heavy rocket carrier from Russia's Vostochny Space Center is scheduled for 2023, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Friday.
Paris (AFP) June 6, 2015 - European aircraft and aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled plans for a reusable space rocket launcher that should be ready in 2025, which the firm says will be radically different from the concept of rival US firm Space X.
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2015 - The US space company United Launch Alliance (ULA) supports US Air Force secretary's view on the need to ease the ban on Russian rocket engines, ULA spokeswoman told Sputnik on Thursday. On Wed
Moscow (AFP) June 5, 2015 - Three astronauts who had their stay on the International Space Station extended by a month after a rocket failure are set to land back on Earth on June 11, the head of Russia's space agency said Friday.
