Washington (UPI) Dec 2, 2014 - NASA's Orion spacecraft is set to take its first trip into space this week. Though the craft won't go far - just up, twice around in low Earth orbit and back - it's an exciting time for the future of space exploration.
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 02, 2014 - NASA's space program is facing budget cuts from a Republican-controlled Congress from January, which will likely have in its sights a controversial plan to redirect an asteroid around the Moon as a
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 02, 2014 - NASA has approved the completion of Boeing's first milestone in the company's path toward launching crews to the International Space Station from the United States under a groundbreaking Commercial
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 2, 2014 - Partner let me upgrade you. NASA has taken some of Beyonce's words to heart, finally deciding to retire its analog blastoff countdown clock and replace it with a digital version. From now on, the Jumbotron-like screen will handle all the countdown duties as well as broadcast live footage of prelaunch programming - that includes this week's Orion launch.
Turin, Italy (UPI) Dec 2, 2014 - If there are sad faces and tired eyes on the International Space Station this week, it's likely not a caffeine crash but the despair of knowing they're going to have to wait another few months for a freshly brewed cappuccino.
Beijing (XNA) Dec 01, 2014 - The service module belonging to China's unmanned lunar orbiter has reached the Earth-Moon second Lagrange Point (L2), the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defens
New Delhi (XNA) Dec 01, 2014 - India will test launch an advanced rocket next month, a senior space official said Sunday. The state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will test launch GSLV Mark III from the sp
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2014 - Engineers and technicians prepping Orion for its first flight test Dec. 4 began putting the finishing touches inside the crew cabin today and will continue the work through the weekend. Althou
Moscow (Sputnik News) Dec 01, 2014 - Tests of new Russian ecologically clean space rocket Angara will end in 2020, Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces commander Lt. Gen. Alexander Golovko said Saturday. It is planned to end the fl
Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2014 - After a two-year debate sparked by the emergence of low-cost competition, European space nations on Tuesday are likely to back plans to build a new rocket, the Ariane 6, say sources.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - The International Space Station's 3-D printer has manufactured the first 3-D printed object in space, paving the way to future long-term space expeditions. This first print is the initial step towa
Paris (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - The upper passenger for Arianespace's dual-satellite launch from French Guiana next week has been encapsulated in its protective payload fairing, preparing the DIRECTV-14 relay platform for its inte
Paris (SPX) Nov 28, 2014 - Payload processing for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission at the service of O3b Networks has reached full speed, with all four connectivity satellites now at the Spaceport - where fueling and integra
Gainesville FL (SPX) Nov 27, 2014 - Buck Rogers surely couldn't have seen this one coming, but at NASA's request, University of Florida researchers have figured out how to turn human waste - yes, that kind - into rocket fuel.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2014 - The processing of Orion and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket remains on course for a launch Thursday, Dec. 4, on the first flight test of the spacecraft design. Working at Spac
Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2014 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are celebrating Thanksgiving with traditional foods, irradiated, thermostabilized and freeze-dried to perfection.
