Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2014 - NASA marked a major milestone Friday on its journey to Mars as the Orion spacecraft completed its first voyage to space, traveling farther than any spacecraft designed for astronauts has been in mor
Beijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2014 - China is conducting preliminary research on a super-heavy launch vehicle that will be used in its manned missions to the moon. We are discussing the technological feasibility and requirements
Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 08, 2014 - China has conducted yet another test of its new Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV) dubbed by the Pentagon WU-14, according to The Washington Free Beacon website. The test is the third in the serie
Beijing (AFP) Dec 08, 2014 - China is developing a huge rocket that will be used for its first manned mission to the moon, state media said Monday, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.
Washington (Sputnik) Dec 08, 2014 - The successful test flight of the Orion spacecraft marks a milestone in US President Barack Obama's space policy, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Friday. It is certainly an impo
Charlotte NC (SPX) Dec 08, 2014 - UTC Aerospace Systems' employees helped build NASA's Orion spacecraft, which completed its Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The team provided critical control sy
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 07, 2014 - Telecommunications satellites for two long-standing Arianespace customers were launched today on the company's sixth Ariane 5 flight in 2014, extending the heavy-lift workhorse's string of consecuti
Beijing (AFP) Dec 07, 2014 - China Sunday put into orbit a satellite jointly developed with Brazil after the 200th launch of its Long March rocket family, state media reported.
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 05, 2014 - NASA's new deep space capsule, Orion, blasted off atop a massive rocket Friday on its first test flight before carrying humans to an asteroid or Mars in the coming years.
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 05, 2014 - NASA counted down Friday to its second try at test-launching the deep space Orion capsule on its first journey into orbit, after wind gusts and rocket problems delayed Thursday's attempt.
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 05, 2014 - The US space agency's Orion capsule circled the Earth twice before plunging into the ocean Friday in a flawless test flight that NASA called a significant milestone in the journey to Mars.
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 05, 2014 - A new US space capsule, Orion, circled the Earth twice before plunging into the ocean Friday in a flawless test flight that opened a new chapter in human deep space travel.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2014 - If necessity is the mother of invention, then survival in space breeds many children. These children are the research and technologies demonstrated aboard the International Space Station. Fo
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 05, 2014 - NASA's Orion vehicle aims to carry humans farther into space than ever before, but its protective heat shield is basically the same as that used for the Apollo Moon missions four decades ago.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2014 - The Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft gently splashed down into the waters of the Pacific Ocean at 11:29 a.m. EST this afternoon, completing the first test flight of NASA's deep space explorati
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2014 - The launch of an Ariane-5 carrier rocket with two telecommunications satellites from the Kourou space center in French Guiana was postponed on Thursday due to poor weather, the launch operator said.
