Moscow (UPI) Jun 25, 2013 - Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station completed a 6-hour spacewalk late Monday, Russian Mission Control and NASA reported.
Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2013 - President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese people will take bigger strides in space exploration, during his talk to astronauts aboard the orbiting space module Tiangong-1 on Monday. The space
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 25, 2013 - Arianespace played an important role in improving the world's connectivity with a successful medium-lift Soyuz launch this afternoon that orbited O3b Networks' initial four satellites. The clu
Sacramento CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2013 - The leading rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (GY) company, has announced that it successfully completed the first in a series of full motion hot-fire tests on the J-2X engine
Las Cruces, NM (SPX) Jun 25, 2013 - The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium has successfully completed its fifth Student Launch Program launch event from Spaceport America near Las Cruces, N.M. More than 60 NASA Summer of Innovation stu
Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2013 - ESA's experimental reentry vehicle passed its milestone descent and landing test on Wednesday at the Poligono Interforze Salto di Quirra off the east coast of Sardinia in Italy. The full-scale
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 25, 2013 - The fifth medium-lift Soyuz has been cleared for launch from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Arianespace's first mission to loft a cluster of connectivity spacecraft for O3b Networks. This f
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 24, 2013 - Arianespace's new chairman and CEO has detailed his perspectives for the company's future - continuing the focus on operational excellence with the Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega launcher family, while al
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 24, 2013 - The fifth Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its upper composite consisting of four O3b Networks satellites, their protective payload fairing and th
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 24, 2013 - The fifth Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its upper composite consisting of four O3b Networks satellites, their protective payload fairing and th
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2013 - Three Chinese astronauts on the country's longest manned space mission on Sunday succeeded in manually docking their spacecraft with a module orbiting Earth, state media said.
Harbin (XNA) Jun 21, 2013 - China's manned space program has achieved rapid development in a less costly way, a U.S. astrophysicist said Sunday. China did a great job in successfully sending another three astronauts i
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 21, 2013 - NASA has unveiled an upgraded Payload Operations Integration Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The operation center's new capabilities enhance collaboration and enable t
London (AFP) June 21, 2013 - Britain's defence ministry shut down its UFO unit four years ago after concluding that extra-terrestrials likely did not exist, and in any case did not pose a threat, previously secret files released Friday showed.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2013 - NASA is beginning a preliminary design review for its Space Launch System (SLS). This major program assessment will allow development of the agency's new heavy-lift rocket to move from concept to in
Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2013 - China is actively exploring commercial opportunities to boost its share of the global satellite-launching market, in an attempt to challenge US and European dominance of this field. China Grea
