Houston TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2013 - The six-person Expedition 36 crew of the International Space Station worked with science experiments, prepared for an upcoming spacewalk and performed a variety of maintenance duties Friday as they
Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 11, 2013 - Astronauts on board the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft will teach students through a live video feed system while in orbit, Wu Ping, spokeswoman for China's manned space program, said Monday. It is th
Tokyo (SPX) Jun 11, 2013 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Arianespace have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pertaining primarily to implementation of joint proposals relating to commercial space rocket launches.
Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 11, 2013 - Eight years after his first space mission, Nie Haisheng is now ready to take a second assignment. China's manned space program spokeswoman Wu Ping announced Monday that the 48-year-old Nie is
Sparks NV (SPX) Jun 11, 2013 - Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announces the successful start of the latest phase of hybrid rocket motor qualification testing for the Dream Chaser flight vehicle. SNC completed two tests thi
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Jun 11, 2013 - Orbiter Tiangong-1 is ready and in position for the Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft mission, Wu Ping, spokeswoman for China's manned space program, said Monday. The Tiangong-1, a target orbiter
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 11, 2013 - The launch of China's Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has capped a nominal sequence of preparing and rolling out its Long March 2F launch vehicle to its pad at Jiuquan. The lead-up to this launch has followe
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2013 - A U.S. expert says the U.S. Congress should adopt a more constructive set of policies that encourages rather than bans U.S.-Chinese collaboration in space.
Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 11, 2013 - Thirty-three-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping will make history - she will be China's first teacher in space. Wang will teach Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics phenomena in
Moscow (UPI) Jun 11, 2013 - A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday for a weeklong test of its engines in the ionosphere, officials said.
Tustin CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2013 - Y.K. Bae Corporation proposes to adapt state-of-the-art high power lasers to dramatically expand applications for photon thrust in spacecraft propulsion. Current research on Directed Energy Momentum
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2013 - After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on Wednesday. When
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2013 - China began its longest manned space mission yet Tuesday with the launch of the Shenzhou-10, state television showed, as the country steps up an ambitious exploration programme symbolising its growing power.
Kauai, Hawaii (UPI) Jun 11, 2013 - For the fourth time in a week, NASA is postponing the inaugural launch of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), a flying saucer prototype the space agency hopes one day can land on Mars.
Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 11, 2013 - Astronauts of the Shenzhou-10 mission, males Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang as well as female Wang Yaping, met the press on Monday ahead of the shuttle launch on Tuesday. The three astronaut
Beijing (XNA) Jun 10, 2013 - A network of remote sensing satellite ground stations that covers all of China's territory has been successfully constructed, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. The network c
