Paris (UPI) Jul 24, 2013 - A European astronaut has been learning medical skills he hopes he never has to use, but which could be vital on the International Space Station, officials said.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2013 - Researchers at NASA's Texas-based Johnson Space Center are trying to prove that it is possible to travel faster than the speed of light, and hope to one day build an engine that resembles the fictio
Washington, District Of Columbia (AFP) July 23, 2013 - The US space agency said Tuesday it is launching a second investigation into a leaking helmet that forced an abrupt halt to an Italian astronaut's spacewalk last week.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 23, 2013 - It is a tradition for satellite passengers on Arianespace missions to be accompanied by their logos on a launch vehicle's payload fairing during the first minutes of flight - and this week's Ariane
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Jul 23, 2013 - China successfully launched three satellites for scientific experiments into space at 7:37 a.m. Saturday, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center said. The Chuangxin-3, Shiyan-7 and Shijian-15 sat
Seoul (AFP) July 23, 2013 - Fresh satellite images confirm that North Korea has halted construction at a facility to launch a new generation of long-range rockets, a US research institute said Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2013 - One of NASA's headlining programs is the Space Launch System, a giant rocket program aimed at eventually delivering astronauts to the moon, Mars, asteroids and the deep space beyond. The space agency signed a long-term deal with Boeing earlier this summer to continue work on the mission.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 22, 2013 - An ad hoc commission investigating the July 2 crash of a Proton-M launch vehicle at the Baikonur Space Center has concluded that angular rate sensors on the rocket had been installed upside down,
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 22, 2013 - Boeing recently demonstrated that astronauts in its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 capsule will be able to safely exit the spacecraft during an emergency water landing. Although the CST-1
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 22, 2013 - Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc. has completed the filings required to satisfy the financial reporting necessary to commence the trading of the Company's stock under the trading symbol ZGSI.PK. Ze
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 22, 2013 - How loud is 166 decibels? It's about as loud as the thrust of 20 jet engines or a rock concert with 36,000 speakers. It's also the level of noise some spacecraft experience when launched and is now
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 22, 2013 - The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's July 25 mission from French Guiana is now complete following integration of its full payload stack, consisting of the Alphasat and INSAT-3D spacecraft.
Rockville, Md. (UPI) Jul 21, 2013 - Mission and flight crew operations support for NASA's International Space Station and future space missions is being supplied by Lockheed Martin.
Merritt Island, Fla. (UPI) Jul 21, 2013 - A building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where Apollo astronauts once trained, was named in honor of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
Houston (UPI) Jul 20, 2013 - The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected a dozen concepts familiar to readers of science fiction for funding.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 19, 2013 - An investigation into the failure of a Proton-M booster rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites that exploded moments after launch suggests a wrongly placed sensor was to blame. Th
