Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2014 - The world's third country to soft-land on the moon has no plan to build a lunar base there, a leading scientist of China's lunar probe mission told Xinhua Saturday. But Ye Peijian, chief scien
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2014 - The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has held a hearing to examine the need for a strategic human exploration roadmap and whether a potential manned Mars flyby mission might fit in
Washington (AFP) March 04, 2014 - NASA chief Charles Bolden said Tuesday the US space agency's relationship with Russia remained normal despite the ongoing international crisis in Ukraine.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 - In 2015, China is expected to launch its next space laboratory. Tiangong 2 will follow on from the Tiangong 1 module, which was launched in 2011 and is still in orbit at the time of writing. Tiangon
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is making final preparations towards the development of our new flagship launch vehicle from Japan Fiscal Year (JFY) 2014. The new flagship launch
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 - Chris Ferguson, Boeing's director of Crew and Mission Operations and commander of the final Space Shuttle flight, virtually returned to space recently in the Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-1
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 - Invasive and systemic cancer treatment is a necessary evil for many people with the devastating diagnosis. These patients endure therapies with ravaging side effects, including nausea, immune suppre
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 27, 2014 - Work on Russia's new Vostochny space center is a priority for the country, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the Russian space and defence industries said after having toured the fa
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2014 - DARPA has invested in many programs that sponsor fundamental and applied research in areas of computer science, which have led to new advances in theory as well as practical software. The R an
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 27, 2014 - Russia is planning to start construction of a launch pad for a new heavy-class carrier rocket at a future space center in the Far East next year to set the stage for its maiden manned launch in 2018
Paris (ESA) Feb 26, 2014 - The Sentinel-1A radar satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to be prepared over the coming weeks for launch on 3 April. Its launch will mark a new shift in Earth observation,
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2014 - A US-made space suit that leaked water into a helmet and threatened to drown a European astronaut had malfunctioned before, NASA admitted on Wednesday.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 26, 2014 - A spectacular launch from Virginia's eastern shore recently resulted in the successful deployment of a record-breaking 29 small satellites into orbit, but that wasn't the only first for the mission
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 25, 2014 - Over the past two years, NASA and its American industry partners have returned International Space Station resupply launches to U.S. soil, established new national space transportation capabilities
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 24, 2014 - The US Air Force is studying the possibility of launching the licensed production of Russian RD-180 rocket engines in the United States. According to the Space News weekly, the US will begin assessi
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2014 - Well over a week since daylight returned to its landing site, China's Yutu Moon rover seems to be damaged beyond any practical use. That's the only reliable conclusion this analyst can reach after d
