Boston (UPI) Aug 8, 2014 - You might think falling asleep in space would be easy - the quiet, the darkness, all those stars to count. But new research suggests the majority of astronauts don't get enough asleep, and that what sleep they do get is chemically induced.
Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 08, 2014 - ATK (ATK) has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) with NASA to verify that the five-segment solid rocket booster is on track for an unmanned, first flight of NASA's Space Launch
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 08, 2014 - A team of technicians, engineers, sailors and divers just wrapped up a successful week of testing and preparing for various scenarios that could play out when NASA's new Orion spacecraft splashes in
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2014 - A new-and-improved version of NASA's Spacecraft 3D app for mobile devices is launching to coincide with the second anniversary of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover's landing on Mars. In ad
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 08, 2014 - As progress continues on NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), the solid rocket boosters team successfully completed its critical design review Aug. 6. This is an important milestone for
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Aug 08, 2014 - SpaceX has announced it will build the world's first commercial launchpad for orbital rockets in the south of Texas. The facility, which is expected to drag the area out of an economic hole, might b
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 08, 2014 - Spacewalk and visiting vehicle preparations, materials research, telerobotics and upgrades for the International Space Station's mechanical crew member were the focus of the Expedition 40 crew's wor
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2014 - The six-person Expedition 40 crew of the orbiting International Space Station spent Wednesday conducting medical research, gearing up for a Russian spacewalk and preparing the station's robotic crew
Paris (AFP) Aug 07, 2014 - Widespread use of sleeping pills by slumber-deprived astronauts could hamper vigilance in the high-risk environment of space, a study warned on Friday.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2014 - Looking ahead to an exciting future, NASA is continuing to invest in concepts that may one day revolutionize how we live and work in space with the selection of five technology proposals for continu
Los Angeles (UPI) Aug 7, 2014 - Lockheed Martin, NASA and the U.S. Navy have practiced recovery techniques for the Orion spacecraft crew module that's being sent aloft later this year.
San Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 06, 2014 - Scientists yesterday highlighted an impressive list of achievements in researching the outer heliosphere at the 40th International Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly in Moscow.
Hong Kong (SPX) Aug 06, 2014 - AsiaSat 8 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, U.S.A. at Hong Kong Time 4:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT or Cape Canaveral lo
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Aug 5, 2014 - SpaceX took a break from launching resupply missions to the International Space Station in order to put a new commercial satellite into orbit.
Cape Canaveral AFB FL (SPX) Aug 05, 2014 - A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the seventh Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF (GPS IIF-7) satellite for the U.S. Air Force launched at 11:23 p.m. EDT yesterday from Space La
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2014 - The laws of classical physics require a rocket's thrusters to push against something, creating acceleration by expelling matter (burned fuel) in the opposite direction.
