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.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 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
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 04, 2014 - The round trip to space begins and ends with a journey through Earth's atmosphere, and NASA's Orion spacecraft is no exception. Targeted for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday,
Kennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Dec 04, 2014 - The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast off Thursday in what NASA hailed as a first step in mankind's journey to Mars. No astr
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 04, 2014 - The first test launch of NASA's new deep space capsule, Orion, was postponed until Friday due to wind gusts and technical issues with the rocket, the US space agency said.
Bengaluru, India (IANS) Dec 03, 2014 - Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Monday said it will manufacture cryogenic engine to launch heavy rockets by the Indian space agency for carrying heaver satellites into the geo-synchronous orbit,
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 03, 2014 - The new generation of human space exploration spacecraft is getting a new generation clock to count it down for launch on December 4. The new forms of both the spacecraft and clock and clock will lo
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Dec 03, 2014 - Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maintain consistently high levels of cognitive performance to ensure mission safety
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 03, 2014 - Arianespace's sixth heavy-lift mission of 2014 has been given the go-ahead for Thursday's liftoff from the Spaceport on a dual-passenger Ariane 5 flight carrying the DIRECTV-14 and GSAT-16 satellite
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 3, 2014 - NASA will launch its Orion spacecraft Thursday, and a collection of space-oriented pop culture artifacts, including a Captain Kirk action figure, will be aboard.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 03, 2014 - Japan on Wednesday launched a rocket carrying a space probe destined for a distant asteroid, just weeks after a European spacecraft's historic landing on a comet.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2014 - Turn on any local TV weather forecast and you can get a map of where skies are blue or cloudy. But for scientists trying to figure out how clouds affect the Earth's environment, what's happening ins
Miami (AFP) Dec 02, 2014 - NASA's multi-billion dollar Orion capsule is poised for its first test launch Thursday, in a demonstration flight that aims to propel it higher than any spacecraft meant to carry humans in 40 years.
Luxembourg (AFP) Dec 02, 2014 - European nations announced Tuesday they would build a new-generation rocket in a multi-billion-euro (dollar) programme to maintain their grip on the world market for satellite launches.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Dec 02, 2014 - Space exploration projects like Orion require putting together a top team of scientists and engineers from all the NASA centers across the United States. Experts from NASA's Glenn Research Center ha
