
China village gunning for tourists
Biasha, China (AFP) April 28, 2014 - A rifle shot tears the air of a mountain hamlet - met not with terror but cries of delight in China's only remaining village where authorities encourage gun ownership.
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Biasha, China (AFP) April 28, 2014 - A rifle shot tears the air of a mountain hamlet - met not with terror but cries of delight in China's only remaining village where authorities encourage gun ownership.
Apr 28, 2014

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 27, 2014 - Arianespace's Vega mission with DZZ-HR, Kazakhstan's first Earth observation satellite, is entering the final preparation phase for a nighttime liftoff next week from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Apr 27, 2014

Washington (AFP) April 25, 2014 - SpaceX on Friday filed suit against the US Air Force for awarding billions of dollars to a single company for national security launches, and said the contracts might even violate sanctions against Russia.
Apr 25, 2014

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA has selected Kathy Lueders as program manager for the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). Lueders, who has served as acting program manager since October 2013, will help keep the nation's s
Apr 24, 2014

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking proposals for technologies that could be used on future exploration missions. The new proposals will build on the most promising ideas d
Apr 24, 2014

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 24, 2014 - Russia's Roscosmos space agency has yet received no official notifications from NASA on curtailing cooperation, and working contacts continue, Roscosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko said in an interview wit
Apr 24, 2014

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 24, 2014 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's fifth flight to service the International Space Station is now being assembled in French Guiana, preparing the launcher for its 2014 mission with another European Auto
Apr 24, 2014

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA Astronauts Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio have completed a short spacewalk to replace a failed Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MDM) back up computer. They began the re-pressurization of the Ques
Apr 24, 2014

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has announced the appointment of six new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The group advises NASA's senior leadership on challenges and solutions facing t
Apr 24, 2014

Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - Johns Hopkins scientists report that rats exposed to high-energy particles, simulating conditions astronauts would face on a long-term deep space mission, show lapses in attention and slower reactio
Apr 24, 2014

Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 - ATK has reached agreement on a $178 million contract award as part of the Air Force's Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) buy from United Launch Alliance (ULA). The order value in
Apr 23, 2014

Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2014 - A leading space research group in China released the country's first assessment of the current situation and future trends of international space activities on Thursday. The report was compile
Apr 23, 2014

Cape Canaveral AFB FL (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 - The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of their Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 here at 3:25 p.m. EDT April 18. A comb
Apr 23, 2014

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 23, 2014 - The third Vega has completed its build-up at the Spaceport in French Guiana, allowing final checkout to begin ahead of this lightweight launcher's April 28 mission with the DZZ-HR Earth observation
Apr 23, 2014

Washington (AFP) April 23, 2014 - Two US astronauts stepped out on a brief spacewalk Wednesday to install a backup computer at the International Space Station after one failed earlier this month.
Apr 23, 2014

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 23, 2014 - The date of the maiden launch of Russia's new Angara rocket has been set for June 25, an official with the Russian Space Agency told RIA Novosti Friday. The launch is set for June 25, with th
Apr 23, 2014