Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 20, 2012 - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Flight Readiness Review for the agency's Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft and the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is complete. There
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2012 - NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colo., for a technology demonstration of a high performance green propellant alternative to the highly toxic
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 17, 2012 - The European Space Agency's ATV-3 space freighter failed on Wednesday to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), a space industry source said. Another attempt could be mad
Washington (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 - A flight test of an experimental unmanned vehicle designed to fly at hypersonic speeds has ended in failure, the US Air Force said Wednesday.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 15, 2012 - Europe's Galileo Flight Model #3 (FM3) satellite is undergoing checkout at the Spaceport in preparation for launch along with its sister FM4 co-passenger on Arianespace's next Soyuz mission from F
Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2012 - The US military plans to launch a hypersonic unmanned vehicle in a test flight Tuesday over the Pacific, with the X-51A due to reach mind-boggling speeds of Mach 6, a spokesman said.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2012 - NASA selected 15 experiments to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space biology research. Ten of these experiments will be conducted aboard the Internation
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 14, 2012 - India's GSAT-10 telecommunications satellite - which is one of two passengers for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission in September - has been put through its paces during pre-flight preparations
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 14, 2012 - The three American companies building next-generation spacecraft that NASA could call on to carry astronauts into orbit in the future will perform much of their work along Florida's Space Coast, hom
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 14, 2012 - Four International Space Station crew members will embark on two spacewalks to install new equipment and replace defective installations, the US space agency NASA said Tuesday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2012 - Monday's failed satellite launch was caused by a fault in a fuel pipe, Kommersant daily reported on Thursday, citing a source in the government inquiry. The source said telemetry showed that p
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 13, 2012 - The launch of the 48th Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station marked two technical firsts for station operations: it was the first same-day rendezvous and docking of a spacecra
Hong Kong (XNA) Aug 13, 2012 - Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said Friday that Hong Kong people shared the joy of the nation's remarkable achievements in its manned space mission, which has made all Chinese people proud. At t
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2012 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will name officials responsible for Monday's failed satellite launch next week. I would like to hold a meeting on this next week. It will
The Hague (AFP) Aug 12, 2012 - As the world marvels at the latest US Mars landing, a Dutch start-up is aiming to beat NASA at its own game by sending the first humans to the red planet - and film all as a reality show.
Miami (AFP) Aug 9, 2012 - NASA's experimental moon lander crashed and burst into flames seconds after takeoff Thursday due to a hardware fault, the US space agency said, prompting an investigation but no casualties.
