Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 24, 2015 - The latest in Europe's series of Sentinel Earth observation satellites landed at French Guiana earlier this week in preparation for its orbiting on an Arianespace Vega vehicle during June, while bui
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 24, 2015 - Space may be the final frontier but the legal ramifications of what happens in space are now very much a reality - and they've also become the subject of teaching and research at the University of
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 24, 2015 - When you think of copper, the penny in your pocket may come to mind; but NASA engineers are trying to save taxpayers millions of pennies by 3-D printing the first full-scale, copper rocket engine pa
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 24, 2015 - Dozens of cameras were rolling when the powerful, five-segment booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, fired up March 11 for a major ground test. Behind the scenes that day, a differ
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 24, 2015 - Arianespace has delivered another Ariane 5 to the launch zone at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, positioning this workhorse heavy-lift vehicle for tomorrow's flight with a pair of telecommunica
Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2015 - Charles Bolden, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, confirmed Thursday that the two countries will continue to work closely together on space station operations. The int
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2015 - Current geopolitical tensions between Russia and the United States have no impact on the work at the International Space Station (ISS), ISS crew members Mikhail Korniyenko and Scott Kelly said in a
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 23, 2015 - The successful March 11 test of a solid rocket motor for NASA's new deep space exploration rocket, the Space Launch System, lasted only two minutes, but its success was the culmination of months of
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2015 - Russia will not develop a super-heavy space launch vehicle in the near future, but will modify a heavy Angara-A5 rocket to lift super-heavy loads, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Wednesday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2015 - Though SpaceX's last attempt to launch and safely re-land a rocket used to resupply the International Space Station were not entirely successful, the company says it can identify the cause of the la
Washington DC (XNA) Apr 23, 2015 - Private space firm SpaceX said Saturday an engine throttle valve problem was to blame for the failure of its second attempt to land the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage on a drone ship in the Atlantic
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 23, 2015 - An experiment led by the University of Colorado Boulder arrived at the International Space Station today and will look into the fluid dynamics of liquid crystals that may lead to benefits both on Ea
Moscow (AFP) April 22, 2015 - A surface-to-air missile crashed shortly after being launched in northern Russia on Wednesday, Russian news agencies said, in a failed test that will be seen as an embarrassment for the country's military forces. An official speaking on condition of anonymity initially told AFP the incident had involved an experimental military rocket, but state-owned weapons manufacturer Almaz-Antey was later quoted as saying it was an Antey-2500 missile that fell back to the ground.
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2015 - The first launch of the Angara super-heavy carrier rocket will take place in 2021, Igor Komarov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, said Monday. The first launch is planned for 2021
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (SPX) Apr 21, 2015 - The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has decided to abandon a project for a joint satellite launch system Cyclone-4 that Brazil has been conducting for 12 years with the Government of Ukraine, t
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 19, 2015 - From improving LCD screens to testing espresso machines, a variety of research is headed to the International Space Station aboard the sixth SpaceX contracted resupply mission. The Dragon spacecraft
