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
St. Andrews, Scotland (UPI) Jan 26, 2013 - Scientists at Scotland's St. Andrews University have invented a miniature working version of a Star Trek-style tractor beam.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 25, 2013 - In the first space launch from the Baikonur space port this year, a Russian carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1a is to orbit six Globalstar-2 communication satellites on February 5, the Federal Space Agency Ro
Tehran (FNA) Jan 25, 2013 - Iran's Space Agency officials announced that they have launched production of spacesuits along with their attempts to produce spacecrafts. Head of Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) of Iran Mohammad
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 25, 2013 - The Azerspace/Africasat-1a satellite on Arianespace's 2013 year-opening Ariane 5 mission has undergone its fit-check as preparations move ahead for the February 7 dual-passenger flight from French G
London (UPI) Jan 24, 2013 - A British astronaut preparing to go into space next year says space travel and learning to work and live in space is vital to the survival of humanity.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jan 23, 2013 - The Soyuz launch campaign for Globalstar's final batch of second-generation satellites has entered a new phase at Baikonur Cosmodrome, with the stack of six spacecraft now positioned in the facili
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2013 - 2013 is set to be an important year for China's space program. We expect to see the first landing of a Chinese spacecraft on the Moon, in addition to a sequence of Earth satellite launches. We also
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2013 - NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected 13 cutting-edge space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons and a commercial parabolic aircraft in 2013 an
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) Jan 23, 2013 - The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it wants to send an inflatable space pod to be attached to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2015, which could lead to a compl
Sacramento CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2013 - Aerojet has announced that its AJ26 engine successfully completed a hot fire test this evening at NASA's Stennis Space Center. Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB), Aerojet and NASA monitored the full
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 21, 2013 - Arianespace's Payload preparations for Arianespace's year-opening Ariane 5 mission are in full swing, with this upcoming flight's two telecommunications relay platforms - Amazonas 3 and Azerspace/Af
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 21, 2013 - The International Space Station's American segment will receive an inflatable module in 2015. NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a Bigelow Expandable Activity
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 21, 2013 - The Russian Defence Ministry will start testing advanced hypersonic missiles in the coming summer. At present, Russia is conducting research in several areas of developing hypersonic technology, but
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2013 - Since its debut in 2010, the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference has rapidly become the largest gathering of suborbital researchers and educators in the world, providing an invaluable
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 20, 2013 - Humans make rather poor beasts of burden. Fortunately, nowadays heavy loads are pretty much relegated to machines, saving our spines for recreational activities like donning backpacks and heading in
