Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2013 - The past 12 months will be remembered as the year when Asia's economic powerhouses barged their way into the elite club of spacefarers.
Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2013 - NASA on Tuesday debated whether to go ahead with a planned cargo mission to the International Space Station or postpone it so astronauts can do spacewalks for urgent repairs.
Beijing (XNA) Dec 17, 2013 - China needs to build a deep space monitoring station abroad because the existing network is not capable of tracking deep space detectors round the clock, a leading scientist said on Monday. De
Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2013 - NASA engineers are still trying to fix an International Space Station cooling problem and have not yet decided whether spacewalks will be necessary, the US space agency said Monday.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - Those who travel to space are rewarded with a beautiful sight - planet Earth. But the effects of space travel on the human sense of sight aren't so beautiful. More than 30 percent of astronauts who
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2013 - China's Jade Rabbit rover vehicle sent back photos from the moon Sunday after the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades marked a huge advance in the country's ambitious space programme.
Beijing (XNA) Dec 16, 2013 - China's first moon rover and lander took photos of each other on the moon's surface Sunday night, a move that marks a complete success of the country's Chang'e-3 lunar probe mission. Ma Xingru
Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - China has deployed its lunar rover vehicle on the surface of the moon, state media said early Sunday, after carrying out the first soft landing on Earth's satellite since 1976 in a major step for the country's space programme.
Moscow (UPI) Dec 14, 2013 - The orbit of the International Space Station was raised to ensure the safe docking of a Russian spacecraft next year, Russian officials said.
Paris (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - European space giant Arianespace said Saturday it has agreed to buy 18 Ariane 5 rockets from EADS subsidiary Astrium for a total of more than 2.0 billion euros ($2.75 billion).
Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - China has deployed its lunar rover vehicle on the moon, state media said early Sunday, hours after carrying out the first soft landing on Earth's satellite since 1976 in a major step for Beijing's ambitious space programme.
Madrid (UPI) Dec 14, 2013 - A European aeronautical consortium announced plans to offer affordable trips to space out of Spain's Canary Islands.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - A space module carrying China's first lunar rover landed on the moon Saturday, state television said, the first soft landing on the moon in nearly four decades and a major step for Beijing's ambitious space programme.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - Iran said on Saturday that it had safely returned a monkey to Earth after blasting it into space in the second such launch this year in its controversial ballistic programme.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2013 - The successful landing of China's Chang'e-3 spacecraft on the Moon is significant for several reasons. This is China's first landing on another heavenly body, and represents an important step forwar
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 13, 2013 - Both satellite passengers for an Ariane 5 flight planned in early 2014 have arrived at French Guiana, clearing the way for Arianespace's start-up of payload preparations following their transfer by
