Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2013 - Based on current NASA and DOD launch vehicles and plans for next generation options, the future for space launch appears to be pretty dull. DOD has EELV in the form of Delta IV and Atlas V. Th
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2013 - The silence has been broken. After an extended period of silence from Chinese authorities, the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft and its rocket have been rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at China's
Perm, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 03, 2013 - Russian rocket engine maker Proton-Permskiye Motory plans to spend 39 million rubles ($1.2 million) on modernizing production of engines for the new super-heavy class Angara carrier rocket, the comp
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Jun 03, 2013 - The Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in the middle of June, a spokesperson for China's manned space program announced on Monday. The mission has entered the final phas
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2013 - Facts and figures about China's upcoming Shenzhou 10 are emerging at a steady pace. Much of what China's state-run media has recently disclosed has been suspected for a long time
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 03, 2013 - A Russian Proton-M launch vehicle carrying a SES-6 telecommunications satellite has lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Khrunichev space company said on Monday. The l
Paris (AFP) Jun 03, 2013 - Nearly 40 years ago, European countries worried by US and Soviet dominance of space gave the green light to the first Ariane rocket, a wee launcher capable of hoisting a satellite payload of just 1.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 02, 2013 - The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, recently performed wind tunnel testing of its CST-100 spacecraft and integrated launch vehicle, the United Launch Allianc
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 02, 2013 - European astronaut Luca Parmitano's 'Volare' mission will begin on 28 May 2013 with the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The International Space Station will be his place of work a
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2013 - NASA's Space Biology Program will fund 31 proposals to help investigate how cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity. These studies will result in new basic knowledge that provi
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2013 - We are expecting the launch of China's next astronaut mission within two weeks. The rocket and spacecraft for the flight of Shenzhou 10 are at the launch site and are undergoing preparations.
Luxembourg (SPX) May 31, 2013 - SES S.A. has confirmed that the launch of the SES-6 satellite on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket is slated for lift-off at 15:18 Baikonur time on June 3, 2013 (11:18 a.m. CET, 5:18 a.m. EDT).
Los Gatos, Calif. (UPI) May 30, 2013 - Engineers with Skycorp, Inc. - the Los Gatos, California-based group attempting to reconnect with a retired NASA probe first launched in the 1970s - announced Thursday they had successfully established contact with International Sun-Earth Explorer-3, or ISEE-3.
Bangalore, India (IANS) May 30, 2013 - The French government posted Mat Weiss as its space counseller with diplomatic rank in Bangalore to strengthen and expand relations between its space agency and the Indian space agency, headquartere
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2013 - As NASA funding continue to dissipate, space agency officials are left trying - frustratingly - to figure out what's worth paying for. And the Spitzer Space Telescope is just the latest in a growing list of defunded and soon-to-be-extinct projects.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) May 29, 2013 - An international trio flying in a Russian capsule docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday with a busy schedule full of space walks and an encounter with a pioneering US cargo craft.
