Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - A series of spacewalks might be necessary to fix a breakdown in the equipment cooling system aboard the International Space Station, NASA said Friday.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - A space module carrying China's first lunar rover is scheduled to land on the moon Saturday evening, state media said, in a huge step for the Asian superpower's ambitious space program.
Beijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2013 - China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 entered an orbit closer to the moon on Tuesday night. Following an order from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, the probe descended from the 100 km-high lunar
Brasilia, Brazil (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Stephane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Nelson Salgado, CEO of Visiona Tecnologia Espacial S.A., today signed the launch contract for the next Brazilian government satellite, the Geost
Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - In a battle of technology titans for the right to lease a historic NASA launch pad in Florida, SpaceX has beat out competitor Blue Origin, the US space agency said Friday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 12, 2013 - A top Russian official overseeing the nation's defense sector said Wednesday that launches of the Proton rocket from Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodrome are set to continue. Ties between Russia
Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2013 - NASA rushed Thursday to fix a breakdown in the cooling system at the International Space Station that may delay the launch next week of Orbital Sciences' first cargo mission.
Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2013 - NASA reported a problem Wednesday at the International Space Station but said the crew was not in any danger.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2013 - Think of it as high-tech can crushing. Only the can is enormous, as big as part of the largest rocket ever made. During a series of tests from Dec. 9-13 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Hun
Paris (AFP) Dec 11, 2013 - It's your 150th day in space, and life is starting to resemble the movie Groundhog Day - a repetitive daily routine interspersed with tugs of longing for life back on Earth.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 10, 2013 - NASA's Orion spacecraft is just about ready to turn up the heat. The spacecraft's heat shield arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday night aboard the agency's Super Guppy
Astana, Kazakhstan (XNA) Dec 10, 2013 - Kazakhstan would gradually reduce Proton carrier rocket launches from Baikonur space port and end them in 2025, an official with the national space agency (Kazcosmos) said Wednesday. Kazcosmos
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 09, 2013 - A rocket Proton-M with the British telecommunications satellite Inmarsat-5F1 will be launched from the Russian spaceport Baikonur on Sunday, the press service of the Khrunichev State Space Research-
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 09, 2013 - The Soyuz launcher for an ambitious mission of developing the Milky Way's most precise three-dimensional map is completing its basic build-up following mating of the vehicle's Block I third stage in
Geneva (AFP) Dec 09, 2013 - Global patent filings grew at their fastest pace in almost two decades in 2012, with China the driving force, the UN's intellectual property agency said Monday.
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Dec 09, 2013 - Habitation of outer space needs solving air, water, energy and food supplies within a tight space. And this isn't a problem of an apocalyptic, remote future. Developing this technology addresses som
