Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - NASA should use an ethics framework when deciding whether, and under what conditions, spaceflights that venture outside low Earth orbit or extend beyond 30 days are acceptable if they do not meet cu
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2014 - During the final dry roll-out phase of integrated launch vehicle (ILV) processing at Home Port in support of the EUTELSAT 3B mission, a discrepancy in the nominal movement of the cable-mast and th
Madrid (AFP) April 02, 2014 - The Asia-Pacific region, led by China, will be the main force driving world tourism in the next 10 years, a consultancy survey forecast on Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) April 02, 2014 - NASA has cut all contacts with Russia except for cooperation aboard the International Space Station, according to an internal memo obtained by the online news site The Verge on Wednesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2014 - NASA's commercial space partners continue to meet milestones under agreements with the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), as they move forward in their development of spacecraft and rockets tha
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 01, 2014 - The Soyuz for Arianespace's seventh mission with its medium-lift workhorse launcher is now in the launch zone at French Guiana, ready to receive the Sentinel-1A satellite payload for Europe's Copern
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 01, 2014 - China successfully launched an experimental satellite into preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in its northwestern gobi desert on Monday morning. The Shijian-11-06 was boosted by
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - NASA achieved a major milestone this month in its effort to transform the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida into a multi-user spaceport by successfully completing the initial design and techn
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - Five teams of high school student engineers have made it to the final round in a competition to build and test designs for radiation shields for NASA's new Orion spacecraft. The competition is
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - Today, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced five new studies that will help assess innovative Canadian health tech
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - New findings from a study of 12 astronauts show the heart becomes more spherical when exposed to long periods of microgravity in space, a change that could lead to cardiac problems, according to res
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - What Boeing vehicle would hitch a ride on an F-15E, drop from the aircraft, fire its engines and deploy microsatellites into space? It's a new satellite launch vehicle concept designed by Phantom Wo
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2014 - A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man Russian and US crew on Friday docked successfully at the International Space Station after an unprecedented two-day delay caused by a technical hitch.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Mar 28, 2014 - The automatic shift of Soyuz TMA-12M to a trajectory of the two-day approach to the International Space Station (ISS) might have been caused by a software glitch, Energia Corporation President Vital
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Mar 28, 2014 - The crew of two Russians and an American has successfully blasted off into space. Despite the diplomatic skirmish on the ground, the greatest problems faced by the international Soyuz team are dozen
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 28, 2014 - The campaign for Arianespace's medium-lift Soyuz launch with the Sentinel-1A Earth observation satellite is moving into its final preparations for an April 3 liftoff from French Guiana. Follow
