New Delhi (IANS) Dec 14, 2012 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to accomplish 10 space missions in the next one year, parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 13, 2012 - The vision is enticing - board in Europe, sit back, and disembark 90 minutes later on the other side of the world, in Australia. But before the SpaceLiner, which is being developed by the Institute
Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - On May 2, 2005, Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced their intention to form a joint venture called the United Launch Alliance (ULA), combining the production, engineering, test and launch operation
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 12, 2012 - The third launch of the US Air Force's X-37B robot spaceplane opens new challenges to this robust spacecraft. For the first time, an X-37B mission is underway with a used vehicle. The spaceplane tha
Seoul (AFP) Dec 12, 2012 - North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, in defiance of UN sanctions threats over what Pyongyang's critics insist is a disguised ballistic missile test.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 11, 2012 - The orbiting Expedition 34 trio was busy Friday with medical operations, physical science and ongoing maintenance. The trio waiting to launch on Dec. 19 tested their launch suits and spacecraft in B
Geneva (AFP) Dec 11, 2012 - China's patent office for the first time became the world's largest last year, as the number of global patent filings continued to grow despite the sluggish economy, the UN's intellectual property agency said Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) Dec 11, 2012 - The United States on Tuesday launched for the third time its futuristic X-37B spacecraft, a small and pilotless plane that experts believe could open a new realm of espionage.
London, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2012 - It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, gravity being one amongst many. On Earth plant roots exhibit characteristic behaviours called 'waving' and 'skewin
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 10, 2012 - Space exploration in the future is linked to the creation of habitable bases on the moon. This opinion was expressed by head of Russia's leading research institute of the country's space agency Genn
Seoul (AFP) Dec 10, 2012 - North Korea is replacing a faulty section of a long-range rocket in a bid to put its launch schedule back on track, and is receiving help from Iranian missile experts, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2012 - A Proton-M carrier rocket will lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday to orbit a Yamal class telecoms satellite for Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), a telecommunications arm o
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2012 - Russia's Khrunichev space company has completed assembly of the Nauka (Science) multirole laboratory module for the International Space Station, Khrunichev said on Friday. The module will no
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2012 - If NASA wants to help humans boldly go where no man has gone before, the US space agency must work with other countries, say experts who fear budget constraints will keep astronauts stuck on Earth.
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2012 - The United States is planning a new launch of its tiny, pilotless military space plane on Tuesday as part of a futuristic Air Force program that has fueled speculation over its mission.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 09, 2012 - Russian scientists were working to correct the orbit of a communications satellite Sunday after it failed to reach its designated location in space - the latest setback for the country's once-pioneering space industry.
