Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 10, 2014 - To better understand the heating conditions at the base of what will be the biggest, most powerful rocket ever built, engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are thinki
Tokyo (AFP) March 10, 2014 - Astronaut Koichi Wakata has become the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, according to the country's space agency.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 10, 2014 - With less than five days left before half the crew aboard the International Space Station departs, the six astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 38 performed maintenance on station systems, conduc
Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2014 - China is expected to launch an upper stage aircraft this year that can be used as a space shuttle bus to propel payload in space, a senior official in charge of rocket research said Monday.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 09, 2014 - NASA has successfully concluded a remotely controlled test of new technologies that would empower future space robots to transfer hazardous oxidizer - a type of propellant - into the tanks of satell
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - The application period for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute's (NSBRI) First Award Fellowship Program is now open. Two-year fellowships are available to pursue research in any U.S. la
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014 - China has the capability of exploring the planet Mars, Ye Peijian, a top scientist with the Chang'e-3 program, the country's lunar probe mission, told Xinhua on Saturday. China is capable of s
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - In space, things don't always behave the way we expect them to. In the case of cancer, researchers have found that this is a good thing: some tumors seem to be much less aggressive in the microgravi
Lincoln NE (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - The Microgravity Team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is making strides in producing technology to aid in the health of astronauts - and NASA is taking notice. The team, which is a part
Louisville CO (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces the successful completion of a flight-profile data review milestone for its Dream Chaser spacecraft. Completed under the Commercial Crew Integrated Ca
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 - Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the plants, according to a new study by res
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014 - China is expected to launch a cargo ship into space around 2016 to serve the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, a leading space scientist said Sunday. The cargo ship, named Tianzhou or Heavenly V
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014 - Preparation for the 2017 launch of China's lunar probe Chang'e-5 is going as planned, the country's leading space scientist Ye Peijian told Xinhua on Saturday. Chang'e-5, as part of China's th
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 16182014 - Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) will enjoy watching the first official food production system, VEGGIE, launch to the International Space Station this Sunday morning on a NASA-sponsored,
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014 - In contrast to how much of an influence the virtual persona of China's first moon rover has made on social media home and abroad, little is known about the people behind the loveable character.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 06, 2014 - The first spacecraft for Europe's Copernicus Earth observation program - Sentinel-1A - is now undergoing pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport, readying it for an April 3 liftoff on Arianespace's nex
