Washington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2014 - In an era of declining budgets and adversaries' evolving capabilities, quick, affordable and routine access to space is increasingly critical for both national and economic security. Current satelli
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 16, 2014 - Earlier in Space Daily, this analyst presented circumstantial evidence for a future Chinese astronaut mission to the Moon. China seems to be planning a circumlunar flight for the near future, which
Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 16, 2014 - Oil-rich United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday it will create a space agency with the aim of sending the first Arab unmanned probe to Mars by 2021.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2014 - Take a two-liter bottle, and fill it with water. Now, turn it upside down. Did you see a lot of bubbles as the liquid drains rapidly from the top? That's because air is trying to get back in the bot
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2014 - The six-member Expedition 40 crew starts off its workweek waiting for the arrival of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial craft. Cygnus, on the Orb-2 mission, launched from Virginia Sunday carrying n
Novosibirsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 15, 2014 - Russian scientists have developed a system that makes possible a long-term experiment at the International Space Station (ISS) testing liquids in zero gravity in the near future, a representative of
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2014 - Fruit flies are bug eyed and spindly, they love rotten bananas, and, following orders from their pin-sized brains, they can lay hundreds of eggs every day. We have a lot in common. Genetically
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 14, 2014 - O3b Networks' mission to bridge the digital divide marked a significant step forward with the latest Arianespace Soyuz flight that deployed its next four satellites - which will complete the basic c
Washington (AFP) July 13, 2014 - Orbital Sciences Corporation on Sunday launched its unmanned Cygnus cargo carrier on a journey to resupply the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station.
Guildford, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Surrey Satellite Technology has announced the successful launch of TechDemoSat-1, an in-orbit technology demonstration mission for innovative UK spacecraft equipment and software. The spacecraft was
Taipei (AFP) July 10, 2014 - Taiwan's tourism revenue hit an all-time high of $12.32 billion last year, boosted by a growing number of Chinese visitors, the government said Thursday, as relations between the two continue to improve.
Washington (AFP) July 10, 2014 - A tiny spacecraft designed to sail by the power of the sun is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX rocket in 2016, a leading US space enthusiast said Wednesday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 09, 2014 - Russia's new eco-friendly light class Angara-1. 2PP rocket has been installed on the launch pad of Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia's Arkhangelsk Region, a source in the space industry told RI
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2014 - NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new tsunami wave from the sun as it sails through interstellar space. Such waves are what led scientists to the conclusion, in the fall of 2013, that
Paris (SPX) Jul 09, 2014 - Arianespace's next medium-lift Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its upper composite, made up of four O3b Networks connectivity satellites, their
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 09, 2014 - Russian Defense Ministry Army General Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin the first successful test launch of the Angara-1.2PP rocket carrier, the Russ
