Chicago, IL (SPX)Apr 06, 2013 - A recent study published in the Journal of Political Economy suggests that some types of intellectual property rights discourage subsequent scientific research. The goal of intellectual prope
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2013 - The structure that will join the Boeing [NYSE: BA] Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft to an Atlas V rocket has successfully completed a preliminary design review, another step toward the
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2013 - The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, has successfully completed a preliminary design review (PDR) of the component that would connect the company's new crew c
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2013 - The first published results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a major physics experiment operating on the International Space Station, were announced by the AMS collaboration spokesman, No
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2013 - NASA has selected 295 research and technology proposals from 216 American small businesses for negotiations that may lead to contract awards worth a combined $38.7 million. The proposals are part of
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2013 - Until the launch of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment in 2011, scientists had compiled a mere anthill of information about the kinds of charged particles, or cosmic rays, that shoot a
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 03, 2013 - It's official. Wang Yaping, China's second female astronaut, will fly in space aboard the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft later this year. Chinese state media have confirmed her place on the mission in absol
New Delhi (IANS) Apr 03, 2013 - Lauding Indian space agency ISRO, US astronaut Sunita Williams Monday said it was doing an excellent job and wished that more Indian American women follow her and the late Kalpana Chawla into space.
Payerne, Sweden (UPI) Apr 1, 2013 - A Swiss firm says it intends to construct a robotic rocket plane that will launch satellites into orbit off the back of a modified jetliner.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 01, 2013 - Europe's next ATV resupply spacecraft enters final preparations for its Ariane 5 launch Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to service the International Space Station is entering
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Apr 01, 2013 - Welding engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have had an extremely busy winter assembling adapters that will connect the Orion spacecraft to a Delta IV rocket for th
Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2013 - The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft, a planned Chinese manned spaceflight, has been taken to the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center. The spaceship was split into three parts and taken to the airport by
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) Apr 01, 2013 - From wealthy American technology executives to British billionaires, entrepreneurs are betting big on the emerging US private spaceflight industry. While some ventures claim to forge the path to U
Arlington, VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2013 - ATK has tested its newly developed CASTOR 30XL upper stage solid rocket motor at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tennessee. The test was the final qualifi
Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2013 - A new Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) Friday after a fast-track trip from Earth of under six hours, the swiftest ever manned journey to the orbiting laboratory.
Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2013 - A new Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after an express trip from Earth of under six hours, the fastest ever journey to the orbiting laboratory.
