Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2013 - With somber ceremonies, the United States on Friday commemorated the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew on the tenth anniversary of the disaster.
Tehran (FNA) Jan 31, 2013 - Sending a biocapsule to the space and retrieving it successfully was Iran's first step on the path to sending a human to the space, Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said after his agency announc
Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2013 - NASA on Friday will commemorate the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts a decade ago, a landmark incident that triggered the end of the shuttle mission.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 31, 2013 - Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket will orbit a Mexican communication satellite, SatMex-8, in the first launch since the Yamal-402 satellite trouble, a spokesman for the Proton manufacturer, the Khrun
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2013 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) have announced an agreement to launch Spacecom's AMOS-6 satellite on SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Falcon 9 will i
Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2013 - South Korea succeeded Wednesday in its third attempt to put a satellite into orbit, in a high-stakes test of national pride after arch-rival North Korea got there first with a rocket launch last month.
Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2013 - South Korea was poised Wednesday for its third bid to send a satellite into orbit - a watershed moment for the future of the country's space programme and a high-stakes challenge to national pride.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 30, 2013 - NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation's next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 m
Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2013 - Peter H.U. Lee, MD, is reaching for the stars. The Stanford heart surgeon has combined his twin passions - medicine and outer space - in a joint proposal for an experiment on the effects of weightle
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 29, 2013 - Imagine a young engineer examining an artifact from the Apollo era that helped send people on humankind's first venture to another world. The engineer has seen diagrams of the rocket engine. She has
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jan 29, 2013 - Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic handyman on board the International Space Station (ISS), made space history last night by successfully refueling a mock satellite on the exterior of the
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2013 - NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, also known as the Space Network, will get an upgrade this month when the agency launches the first of a new generation of communications satellites t
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 29, 2013 - NASA says it is recycling parts used to test satellites to create an instrument for the International Space Station to measure ocean surface winds.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jan 28, 2013 - NASA says three commercial companies now are engaged in activities to confirm commercial spacecraft are safe to carry crews to the International Space Station.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 28, 2013 - Arianespace's first Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 is now ready to receive its two satellite passengers after this heavy-lift launcher was moved to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building in French Gui
Didcot, England (UPI) Jan 28, 2013 - Two British-built Earth-observation cameras have been successfully installed on the outside of the International Space Station, their maker said.
