Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 27, 2013 - Hardware that will keep harmful gases away from the Orion spacecraft during its first trip to space proved it won't bend under pressure during a recent test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
Paris (ESA) Nov 26, 2013 - Such is the success of Europe's Vega small launcher that an order was signed in Rome for the production of ten more vehicles. These will be launched over three years from the end of 2015. The
Beijing (XNA) Nov 26, 2013 - The outer space blockbuster Gravity, which took four-and-a-half years to make, will probably be director Alfonso Cuaron's first and last space movie. But he did express a willingness to expl
Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) Nov 26, 2013 - The Czech Space Office (CSO) announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with XCOR Aerospace. The agreement authorizes the CSO to become an Authorized Payload Integrator of XCOR's Lynx, a rocket
Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2013 - The private US company SpaceX Monday postponed the launch of a rocket carrying a telecoms satellite.
New York NY (SPX) Nov 26, 2013 - Coinciding with the SATCON Satellite Communications Conference and Expo held here November 13-14 at the Javits Convention Center, Teal Group space analysts have identified 3,164 space payloads propo
Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2013 - China will launch its first ever moon rover early next month, state media said Tuesday, with the vehicle named Jade Rabbit in a nod to Chinese folklore.
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - Spaceflight, Inc - The Space Logistics Company - has announced that it successfully deployed the Dove 3 earth imaging spacecraft from an International Space Company (ISC) Kosmotras operated Dnepr la
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Space Station by the end of 2017, subject to the availability of adequate fu
Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2013 - The two U.S., one Japanese and three Russian crew members on the International Space Station will enjoy a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, NASA says.
Jerusalem (XNA) Nov 22, 2013 - Israel Aerospace Industries inaugurated on Wednesday a course designed to train secondary school teachers in the instruction of space studies, the company announced. Twenty teachers from the O
Mojave, CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2013 - XCOR and ULA have reported their first successful hot fire of the subscale 2500 lbf thrust XR-5H25 engine in the XCOR and ULA liquid hydrogen (LH2) engine development program. The first hot f
Rome, Italy (SPX) Nov 22, 2013 - Stephane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Pierluigi Pirrelli, Chief Executive of ELV (European Launch Vehicle), signed an agreement today, during the 31st French-Italian summit in Rome,
Tempe AZ (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Capturing the public's interest is a key component for New Space, where commercial companies are filling in some of the roles that had been traditionally played by NASA, and education has an impor
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) met in late October to review the safety of the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket being developed to launch
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - NASA is looking for visionary concepts that have the potential to enable new missions or significantly improve current approaches to achieve aerospace objectives. Through the NASA Innovative A
