Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 08, 2014 - RUAG Space has won a major payload fairing contract from Arianespace. Signed in Zurich by Stephane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Holger Wentscher, Senior Vice President RUAG Space Swi
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 08, 2014 - Russia launched on Thursday a light-class Rokot carrier rocket with three telecoms satellites from its northern Plesetsk space center, the Defense Ministry said. The launch of the Rokot carrier roc
Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Jul 08, 2014 - Orbital has established July 11, 2014 as the targeted date for the launch of the Orb-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the second operational cargo resupply mission under the compa
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 08, 2014 - Europe's fifth, and final, Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now integrated with its Ariane 5 launcher, enabling final cargo loading in preparation for Arianespace's July 24 mission from French Gu
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 08, 2014 - Space debris has damaged a cooling system radiator of the International Space Station US, the NASA website said. Images of the ISS surface captured by external cameras were being analyzed and there
Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2014 - Jia Yang has two children. One goes to a middle school in Beijing; the other is on the moon. The trials of parenthood have been far more arduous with the second child for Jia, deputy chief designer
Singapore (XNA) Jul 07, 2014 - Singapore launched its first nano- satellite VELOX-I via a Indian space rocket on Monday, according to a report by Channel NewsAsia on Thursday. The satellite, which weighs just 4.28 kilograms
Moscow (AFP) July 05, 2014 - Russia will on Wednesday attempt to launch its newest rocket after an embarrassing last-minute glitch forced authorities to abort the initial test last week.
Beijing (AFP) July 04, 2014 - The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2014 - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the upcoming Orbital Sciences Corp.'s mission to resupply the International Space Station. Orbital's Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 04, 2014 - NASA continues to make progress toward its next giant leap to send humans farther into the solar system than ever before, including to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. This week, the core stage f
Los Angeles CA (XNA) Jul 03, 2014 - The planned launch of a U.S. rocket carrying a CO2 monitoring satellite from California was called off just before liftoff on Tuesday due to a failure in the launch pad water flow, a live NASA TV br
Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 03, 2014 - ATK (ATK) supported NASA Saturday as it moved one step closer to landing advanced payloads on Mars following the successful test of a next generation braking system. A world-leading producer of rock
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 03, 2014 - A defect in the drainage valve of the liquid oxygen tank detected during pre-launch tests led to cancellation of the first test launch of the light-class Angara carrier rocket 19 seconds prior to th
Chicago, IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2014 - How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? Food scientists are working on this and other challenges related to creating and optimizing food for astronauts, soldiers, pilots a
Paris (ESA) Jul 03, 2014 - ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and five astronauts from America and Russia are flying on the International Space Station 400 km above us - but did you know they are sharing live views of our planet a
