Paris (AFP) Oct 01, 2014 - A frozen fuel pipe in the upper stage of a Soyuz launcher likely caused the failure last month to place two European navigation satellites in orbit, a source close to the inquiry said Wednesday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 30, 2014 - A private company in Beijing is planning to build a high-altitude balloon to take people 40 kilometers (25 miles) above the earth to the brink of the planet's atmosphere, the South China Morning Pos
Reston VA (SPX) Sep 30, 2014 - The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) has concluded its work, after a detailed review of the findings, conclusions and identified corrective action plans from the Russian State Inter-agency
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 30, 2014 - On Sept. 30, 2014, a sounding rocket will fly up into the sky - past Earth's atmosphere that obscures certain wavelengths of light from the sun - for a 15-minute journey to study what heats up the
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 30, 2014 - NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) mission has succeeded in producing a state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, a key breakthrough for the instrument leading up to its debut on the Inter
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 30, 2014 - China has launched a new experimental satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi desert on Sunday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The Shijian-11-07 was boo
Beijing (XNA) Sep 29, 2014 - The sky's no longer the limit for Chinese tourists. Space is the final frontier for the country's wealthy travelers. Most have already traveled to the ends of the Earth - many, like Beijing banker T
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 29, 2014 - On the heels of awarding groundbreaking contracts to U.S. commercial space companies to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has released a request for proposals (RFP)
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 29, 2014 - Engineers took another step forward in preparations for the first test flight of NASA's new Orion spacecraft, in December. The three primary core elements of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta I
Beijing (XNA) Sep 29, 2014 - Tiangong-1, China's first space lab, has been in orbit for 1092 days since it was launched on September 29, 2011. The space lab, which is in sound condition, is able to complete more operation time
Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2014 - Mars receives two visitors from the Earth this week. NASA's new spacecraft MAVEN entered the orbit around Mars on Sept. 21 to hunt for the planet's lost water. and India's first Mars probe has reach
Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2014 - The International Space Station welcomed its first female cosmonaut yesterday. Russian Yelena Serova arrived along with two colleagues after a six-hour trip aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. After blasting off from Kazakistan, Serova became just the fourth Russian woman in space.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2014 - The International Space Station has been called a stepping stone to other worlds. NASA hasn't forgotten, however, that the behemoth space station is also on the doorstep of Earth. We're seein
Manoa HI (SPX) Sep 26, 2014 - The six astronaut-like crew members of the next Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission has been selected. For the next mission, starting October 15, the participants will b
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sep 26, 2014 - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, including the first woman cosmonaut in 17 years, blasted off on schedule Friday, Russian mission control said.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2014 - Upon reaching its preliminary orbit following a flawless launch, only one of two power-producing solar arrays on the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft deployed. Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flig
