Merritt Island, Fla. (UPI) Feb 2, 2015 - It appears the White House is committed to all of NASA's big ticket projects and long-range goals, as President Obama's newly published budget proposal sets aside some $18.5 billion for the space agency - a $500 million boost over last year's total.
Miami (AFP) Feb 2, 2015 - NASA on Monday hailed a proposal by President Barack Obama to boost spending for the US space agency and announced plans for a mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 1, 2015 - Russia on Sunday carried out its first space launch of the year, using its commercial Proton rocket to send a British satellite into orbit.
Tokyo, Japan (XNA) Jan 30, 2015 - Japan on Thursday postponed the launch of an information gathering satellite with a radar reconnaissance payload for the Japanese government due to weather. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Age
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jan 30, 2015 - The launch, slated for 15:31 Moscow time on Sunday, will be the first in this year's program. The contract to orbit the Inmarsat 5F2 was inked by the Russian-American International Launch Services C
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 30, 2015 - NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission (SMAP) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, now is scheduled for 6:20 a.m. PST (9:20 a.m. EST) Friday, Jan. 30, with a three-minute launch w
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 29, 2015 - Preparations are moving forward for next month's Vega flight, with its Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) passenger now integrated in the lightweight launcher's payload fairing. During ac
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2015 - A Japanese businessman, who used to shoot space TV commercials at a cosmonaut training facility near Moscow, told journalists at a press conference, that he was happy to return to Star City as a spa
Park City, United States (AFP) Jan 29, 2015 - Earth authorities are completely unprepared for the arrival of alien visitors and worried humans should ready themselves by watching a groundbreaking documentary, the film's director boasts.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jan 28, 2015 - The new video showing the blast off of SpaceX's heavy-lift rocket might look real, but the Falcon Heavy is still a work in progress - the video is only a simulation.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2015 - American spacecraft systems testing followed by increasingly complex flight tests and ultimately astronauts flying orbital flights will pave the way to operational missions during the next few years
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2015 - On Jan. 22, 2015, robotic flight controllers successfully installed NASA's Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) aboard the International Space Station through a robotic handoff - the first time one
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2015 - A full-scale version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, is ready to fire for a major ground test and is paving the way on NASA's journey to Mars. When completed, tw
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 27, 2015 - Why burn expensive fuel, when you can harness the kinetic power of the wind - solar wind. It's always been a dream of aerospace engineers to set sail in the cosmos.
Mojave CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2015 - Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments PJS, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark 'Forger' Stucky
Miami (AFP) Jan 26, 2015 - Boeing will be the first commercial company to carry a NASA astronaut to space in July 2017 under a contract with the US space agency, followed by its competitor SpaceX, officials said Monday.
