Moscow Voice of Russia) Jul 08, 2013 - Alexander Lopatin, a deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) leading a commission investigating the Tuesday crash of a Proton-M launch system, will listen to specialists' reports
Baikonur, Kazakhstan Voice of Russia) Jul 08, 2013 - Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has ordered a governmental commission to be set up that will assess the environmental impact of the crash of a Proton-M rocket carrier. I order a governme
Moscow (UPI) Jul 5, 2013 - A premature launch may have caused the recent failure of a Proton-M rocket and the loss of three satellites, a Russian space industry source told RIA Novosti.
Sriharikota, India (IANS) Jul 04, 2013 - The Indian space agency has lined up a string of launches, including the silver jubilee flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C25 (PSLV-C25) carrying the Mars orbiter, a top official said.
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2013 - Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to make
Washington (UPI) Jul 4, 2013 - Aviation company Boeing has contracted with NASA to build the world's most powerful rocket, intended - eventually - to propel astronauts to the moon, Mars, asteroids and the deep space beyond.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 04, 2013 - As Kennedy Space Center transforms from a government-only launch facility into a multiuser spaceport, the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program Office manages the renovations and
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2013 - NASA recently completed a major space technology development milestone by successfully testing a pressurized, large cryogenic propellant tank made of composite materials. The composite tank will ena
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 04, 2013 - A wrench and hammer might be good for some building projects, but the nuts and bolts found in a standard garage toolbox definitely wouldn't hit the nail on the head when it comes to constructing a 3
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2013 - The indefatigable Dawn spacecraft is continuing its extraordinary interplanetary flight on behalf of inquisitive creatures on distant Earth. Progressing ever farther from Vesta, the rocky and rugged
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2013 - The hiss of air escaping from a leaky car tire is no one's favorite sound. Even less pleasant? Hearing that hiss of escaping air 250 miles above Earth's surface while inside the pressurized confines
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 02, 2013 - An unmanned Russian carrier rocket exploded Tuesday on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, releasing tonnes of highly toxic fuel into the air in the space programme's latest disaster caught on live television.
Wallop Island, Va. (UPI) Jul 2, 2013 - NASA's engineers had roughly 19 seconds of excitement in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, as the agency's Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket appeared to successfully blast off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. But after less than a third of a minute of hang time, the rocket fell back toward Earth and walloped into the Atlantic Ocean.
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 02, 2013 - An unmanned Russian carrier rocket exploded on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, releasing 600 tonnes of highly toxic fuel into the air in images broadcast live on television.
Lompoc, Calif. (UPI) Jul 1, 2013 - NASA's rocket engineers only had a 30-second window to launch its Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 spacecraft into the proper orbit. But at the last second, a problem was detected and, understandably, controllers weren't able to diagnose and repair the defect in just half of a minute.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 01, 2013 - Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made object to reach interstellar space.
