Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 15, 2014 - Monday's launch attempt of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, loaded with nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station's Expedition 39 crew, was scrubbed due to a helium leak on t
Zhouxi, China (AFP) April 15, 2014 - Marching in dragon dances, cheering on buffalo fights, singing folk songs with villagers, an enamoured traveller ticked off the sights during a three-week tour of Chinese ethnic minority festivals.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 15, 2014 - Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the final integration and testing of MEASAT-3b. The satellite left the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Toulouse, France, and has been
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2014 - The Mission Control team at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston confirmed Friday night that a backup computer on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) called a Multiplexer-Demulti
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Apr 14, 2014 - A cherry tree grown from a pit that was in space burst into bloom in Japan six years earlier, Japanese media reported on Saturday. The space tree surprising Japanese botanists grows near the
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 14, 2014 - A reserve computer mounted on the International Space Station's hull has stopped working. As it will be needed as soon as Wednesday, when the station is to receive a cargo spacecraft, crewmembers ma
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 14, 2014 - The International Space Station is an example of what Russia and the US can accomplish by working together, US astronaut Michael Hopkins told RT, adding that the cooling relations between Moscow and
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 14, 2014 - International Space Station Program officials and representatives of SpaceX decided Saturday to continue preparations for the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon cargo craft to the space st
Washington (AFP) April 13, 2014 - SpaceX’s launch to the International Space Station was scrubbed today due to a helium leak on the Falcon 9 first stage. The next launch opportunity would be Friday, April 18 at 3:25 p.m. EDT if the issue can be resolved.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - A plant growth chamber bound for the International Space Station inside the Dragon capsule on the SpaceX-3 resupply mission may help expand in-orbit food production capabilities in more ways than on
Tokyo (AFP) April 11, 2014 - An unusual Tweet-up - a meeting of people who know each other on Twitter - involving an ambassador, an astronaut and a prime minister has taken place on a video-link between Japan and the International Space Station.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - NASA and Boeing engineers are inspecting and preparing one of the largest composite rocket propellant tanks ever manufactured for testing. The composite cryotank is part of NASA's Game Changing Deve
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - The avionics that will guide NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) boosters on the rocket's trip to deep space missions will get a big boost toward being ready for flight through an extensive test seri
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - NASA has signed separate agreements with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a series of joint flight tests to study the atmospheric effect
Tokyo (AFP) April 11, 2014 - A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a cherry tree grown from a seed that orbited the Earth for eight months bloomed years earlier than expected - and with very surprising flowers.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there's the more practical problem of waste - in particular, what to do with astronaut pee. But rather than ejecting it into space, scientists are de
