Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 06, 2013 - The launcher for Ariane 5's next heavy-lift flight is ready for rollout to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, where it will be delivered to Arianespace for installation of the mission's dual-p
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 06, 2013 - Traveling to remote locations sometimes involves navigating through stop-and-go traffic, traversing long stretches of highway and maneuvering sharp turns and steep hills. The same can be said for gu
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 06, 2013 - NASA has achieved a major milestone in its effort to build the nation's next heavy-lift launch vehicle by successfully completing the Space Launch System (SLS) preliminary design review. Senio
Moscow (AFP) Aug 05, 2013 - Russia plans to restart launches of its Proton-M rocket in September, a top space official said Monday, ending a freeze that was introduced when one of the carrier rockets crashed in July.
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) Aug 04, 2013 - Japan launched a cargo-carrying rocket Sunday loaded with supplies for the crew of the International Space Station, along with a small robot meant as a companion for one of the country's astronauts.
Leicester, England (UPI) Aug 2, 2013 - British researchers say even if teleportation were possible, sending the required data to teleport a person would take longer than the age of the universe.
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2013 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) was awarded a launch reservation contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to support the largest space program to date in Canada, carrying
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 01, 2013 - The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) is soliciting for ground-based, analog definition and flight definition research proposals to develop safe and effective countermeasures and
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - There are dozens of launch vehicle configurations available around the world. Most space professionals are familiar with at least some of these. The major producers of launch vehicles include the Un
Centennial CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - During the last eight days, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) team has completed five major processing activities, including one launch, on three different launch pads at both Cape Canaveral Air Forc
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Seung Jo Kim, met in Washington Monday to discuss collaboration in aeronautics research and spac
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - The Expedition 36 crew completed packing the Materials International Space Station Experiment-8 (MISSE-8) Payload Experiment Container (PEC) and Optical Reflector Materials Experiment-III (ORMatE-II
Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2013 - They are skills everyone hopes an astronaut never has to use but they are vital for the International Space Station, where no ambulance can reach. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recently boosted his
New Orleans LO (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - The first liquid hydrogen tank barrel segment for the core stage of NASA's new heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), recently was completed at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facil
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 30, 2013 - Payload preparations for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission are moving into their full pace with the delivery of its second passenger - EUTELSAT 25B/ Es'hail 1 - to French Guiana, joining GSAT-7, w
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Jul 30, 2013 - NASA engineers say they are closing in on the cause of a water leak inside the spacesuit of Italy's first spacewalking astronaut that could have drowned him.
