Berlin (AFP) Sept 10, 2014 - It's long been the stuff of science fiction, but tech giants hope the smart home, where gadgets talk to each other and the fridge orders the milk, will soon become reality.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2014 - China will launch its second orbiting space laboratory in two years' time, a top official said Wednesday, the latest step in an ambitious space programme Beijing says will one day land a Chinese man on the moon.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 10, 2014 - The launch of a NASA ocean winds sensor to the International Space Station (ISS) this month inaugurates a new era of Earth observation that will leverage the space station's unique vantage point in
Noordwijk, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 09, 2014 - The European Space Agency on Tuesday put the final touches to its first-ever space plane before blasting it into sub-orbit for tests aimed at eventually paving the way to the continent's first space shuttle.
Cape Canaveral AFB FL (SPX) Sep 09, 2014 - The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the AsiaSat 6 satellite here from Space Launch Complex 40 at 1 a.m. EDT Sept.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 08, 2014 - Robert Alexander spends parts of his day listening to a soft white noise, similar to water falling on the outside of a house during a rainstorm. Every once in a while, he hears an anomalous sound an
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 08, 2014 - NASA's new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), now is complete and ready to weld par
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 08, 2014 - The current geopolitical situation will not interfere with the joint work of Russian and American astronauts, ISS crew members told journalists on Friday. We carry out work that is necessary
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 08, 2014 - As the Expedition 40 crew members head into their final weekend together aboard the International Space Station, the six astronauts and cosmonauts spent Friday preparing for the arrival of a cargo c
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Sep 7, 2014 - SpaceX, a company known for delivering cargo to the International Space Station, successfully launched the AsiaSat 6 satellite into orbit on Sunday. This is the second successful mission SpaceX has launched for AsiaSat, a Hong Kong company, for the goal of broadcasting internet and video to parts of Asia. The satellite is designed to remain in orbit for a minimum of 15 years. The launch occurred without any complications or difficulties, according to reports.
New York (UPI) Sep 6, 2014 - On Thursday, the International Space Station decided to launch some satellites on its own. CubeSats are tiny satellites (about the size of a few bricks), weighing less than 1.33 kilograms, and they're supposed to do a range of missions from communicating with sea vessels to monitoring earthquakes.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2014 - Later this year, China will launch a spacecraft to the Moon and back. A scale replica of the Shenzhou astronaut capsule will be carried atop a boxy spacecraft based on the Chang'e lunar orbiter, and
Beijing (XNA) Sep 05, 2014 - A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying Chuangxin-1-04 flies in the sky at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 4, 2014. China successfully launched t
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 05, 2014 - Biomedical research and preparations for the departure of three crew members were the focus of activities Wednesday aboard the International Space Station as the six Expedition 40 astronauts and cos
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2014 - NASA has completed a complex series of tests on one of the largest composite cryogenic fuel tanks ever manufactured, bringing the aerospace industry much closer to designing, building, and flying li
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2014 - Riddle: It's the size of a small microwave, and it may alleviate the need for NASA astronauts to wait for resupply ships to arrive at the International Space Station to get some essential items.
