Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 24, 2014 - The ABS-2 spacecraft has been topped off at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for its launch on Arianespace's year-opening Ariane 5 mission, which is scheduled for a Feb
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 24, 2014 - Fueling is underway at the Spaceport with Athena-Fidus, one of two advanced relay platforms to be orbited on Arianespace's first mission in 2014 - which will initiate a highly active year for the co
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Finally, just last Friday President Obama signed a new federal spending bill into law. This bill includes money to continue NASA's human space exploration program. Surprisingly, the exploration prog
Mojave CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Virgin Galactic has reached a significant milestone in the testing of a new family of liquid rocket engines for LauncherOne, the company's small satellite launch vehicle. As part of a rapid developm
Reston VA (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - International Launch Services (ILS) announced the contract for the ILS Proton launch of the Yamal 601 satellite for Gazprom Space Systems (Russia). Gazprom is the parent company of Gazprom Space Sys
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Sierra Nevada Corporation has confirmed that the first orbital flight of its Dream Chaser Space System will occur on November 1, 2016. Dream Chaser will be brought to orbit on a United Launch Allian
Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2014 - NASA on Thursday launched a new satellite to boost its growing communications network between Earth and the International Space Station, allowing for nearly uninterrupted video, voice link and data transmission.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2014 - The second of three major parts of the spacecraft that will launch into orbit on Orion's first mission this fall is complete. Work has been progressing steadily on all three main parts of Orion - th
Livermore CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2014 - A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists are using mini-satellites that work as space cops to help control traffic in space. The scientists used a series of six images over a 60
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2014 - China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is alive and well in orbit. For most spacecraft, that's a nominal state. But for this mission, it's strange. Tiangong 1 was launched in September 2011 with an adv
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 22, 2014 - President Barack Obama has signed HR 667, the congressional resolution that redesignates NASA's Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, into law.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2014 - A Turkish telecommunications satellite will be launched Febuary 15 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M heavy-lift rocket, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Thursday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2014 - Russia's Soyuz family of launchers will be upgraded with new electronics and external video cameras before entering service at the new Vostochny space center in 2015, the rocket manufacturer said Fr
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Engineers testing the parachute system for NASA's Orion spacecraft increased the complexity of their tests Thursday, Jan. 16, adding the jettison of hardware designed to keep the capsule safe during
Morro Bay CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, Calif., in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - What's likely to be the next big thing? What might be the most fertile areas for innovation? Where should countries and companies invest their limited research funds? What technology areas are a c
