Washington DC (VOA) Dec 21, 2012 - With NASA's retired shuttles mothballed in museums, 2012 saw a new kind of spacecraft blaze its own path toward the International Space Station. In May, the Dragon space capsule - developed, owned a
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 19, 2012 - Three new crew members are on their way to join their Expedition 34 crewmates aboard the International Space Station. They launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft at 7:12 a.m. EST (6:12 p.m. Ba
Washington DC (VOA) Dec 19, 2012 - A group of former NASA executives plans to offer excursions to the moon to anyone who can afford the $1.4-million-dollar-per-couple ticket price. Golden Spike Co. is the latest private company
Huntiville AL (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - NASA on Thursday took another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of
Sparks, NV (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce that its Dream Chaser Space System Program has been selected by NASA's Commercial Crew Program to receive a Certification Produ
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 19, 2012 - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the last hot-fire test on the J-2X powerpack - an important step toward development of America's next rocket engine designed for human spaceflight
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - The first in a new class of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 18 to begin the final phase of launch preparations ahead of a targeted liftof
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 19, 2012 - The Skynet 5D satellite has joined its Mexsat Bicentenario co-passenger on Ariane 5, marking a new milestone in preparations for Arianespace's seventh and final heavy-lift flight of 2012 from the Sp
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 18, 2012 - The International Space Station's orbit has been increased by almost 2.5 kilometers in a test of the station's new emergency debris avoidance system, Mission Control told RIA Novosti. The new
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - Final launch preparations are under way at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as three Expedition 34 flight engineers get ready for their launch to round out the standard six-person crew on the I
Kiruna, Sweden (AFP) Dec 17, 2012 - Sweden's small Arctic town of Kiruna has a surprisingly international airport with regular flights to London and Tokyo, but it has even bigger plans: to offer commercial space flights.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 17, 2012 - Recent engineering advances by NASA and its industry partners across the country show important progress toward Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), the next step to launching humans to deep space.
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Dec 17, 2012 - NASA says it will use lighting technology to help astronauts on the International Space Station sleep better during their nights in orbit.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 17, 2012 - The successful launch of North Korea's Unha-3 rocket on December 12, 2012 became the top news in the world of cosmonautics. Even the previous day's story of the United States launching, for the thir
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 14, 2012 - NASA announced Dec. 10 the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certification o
