Washington (AFP) Aug 23, 2014 - A SpaceX rocket exploded in midair during a test flight Friday, though no one was injured, as the company seeks to develop a spacecraft that can return to Earth and be used again.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Aug 22, 2014 - NASA is looking into whether astronauts can survive long-term spaceflight, with the latest study identifying possible health risks including asymptomatic infections, increased allergies and persiste
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 22, 2014 - NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. Like an old film, Voyager's historic footage of Triton has been restored and
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2014 - NASA's Space Biology Program will fund 26 proposals to investigate how microbes, cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity. The research will be conducted aboard the International Spac
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 20, 2014 - Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev successfully concluded a spacewalk, where they conducted science experiments using equipment on the exterior of the International Space Stati
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 20, 2014 - Space capsules with animals on board preceded manned space flights, with the first experiments on mammals in spacecraft taking place as early as 1948, leading, in time, to the flight of the two most
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2014 - Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev on Monday ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) to conduct a planned six-hour and 15-minute spacewalk focused on scientific
St. John's, Antigua (AFP) Aug 19, 2014 - Chinese investors are to plunge more than US$1 billion into developing Antigua and Barbuda's first mega-resort, creating 1,000 jobs for the tiny cash-strapped nation.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 - Aerojet Rocketdyne supported the launch of the WorldView-3 commercial remote sensing satellite into orbit - the fifth launch in six weeks. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 18, 2014 - Dr. Wilhelm Auwarter and his team are working on a research project to develop tiny flat molecule tapes at the Department of Physics of Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM). These structures could f
Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2014 - Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship disintegrated as planned Sunday as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere after a month-long resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Houston (UPI) Aug 15, 2014 - At some point on Sunday, nearly 3,300 pounds of trash will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, disposing of waste produced by the International Space Station and giving astronauts a chance to study atmospheric re-entry.
Monterey CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2014 - XCOR Aerospace presents its XCOR Lynx spacecraft full scale model as part of tonight's Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival 2014, at the Monterey Jet Center. Dubbed a Space Corvette by Popular Mecha
Paris (SPX) Aug 15, 2014 - The return of Optus 10 to French Guiana has set the stage for a new phase of payload preparations at the Spaceport with Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission, which is scheduled for a September liftof
Seoul (UPI) Aug 14, 2014 - South Korea's first and only astronaut, Yi So-yeon, has resigned her position, effectively ending the country's space program.
Houston (UPI) Aug 14, 2014 - The 747 jumbo jet that once ferried NASA's space shuttles back and forth from Houston to Florida in-between and after missions once again has a little extra weigh on its back.
