Pisa, Italy (AFP) July 29, 2012 - Once the preserve of science fiction, increasingly sophisticated robotic devices are vying for a place side by side with humans in the real world.
Moscow (AFP) July 29, 2012 - The Russian cargo ship that undocked from the International Space Station to perform tests managed to re-couple Sunday after a failed attempt earlier in the week, Russia's space agency said.
Houston (UPI) Jul 27, 2012 - A robotic Japanese spaceship safely docked with the International Space Station carrying food, equipment and experiments, controllers said.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 27, 2012 - Final payload integration has begun for Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission set for August 2 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, with its HYLAS 2 satellite passenger now integrated onto the
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 27, 2012 - The Intelsat 20 communications satellite has joined its HYLAS 2 co-passenger on Ariane 5, marking a new milestone in preparations for Arianespace's heavy-lift mission next week from the Spaceport in
Stennis MS (SPX) Jul 27, 2012 - As Olympic athletes converge on London with dreams of winning gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NASA is also setting records while testing the J-2X powerpack at the Stennis Space Center.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 27, 2012 - The rocket that will launch humans farther into space than ever before passed a major NASA review Wednesday. The Space Launch System (SLS) Program completed a combined System Requirements Review and
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 - A white stork is soon to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. But it's not the typical stork you associate with baby deliveries. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kounotori3
Scarborough, UK (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 - Even as Shenzhou 9 undocked from Tiangong 1, and before it returned to Earth, the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre was starting preparations for the Shenzhou 10 mission. Within a few hours of depart
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2012 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's fifth heavy-lift mission of this year is beginning to take shape at the Spaceport as initial build-up procedures involving the workhorse vehicle are performed in Frenc
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 - Bankers joined scientists on the edge of their seats in May as the SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully berthed with the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon was the first privately-owned sp
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 - A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph. The Inf
Mojave CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 - XCOR Aerospace has announced that the Lynx suborbital vehicle's Payload User's Guide (PUG) is now available online from XCOR's website. XCOR Program Manager Khaki Rodway noted that publication of t
Hartford CT (SPX) Jul 26, 2012 - United Technologies has reached agreement to sell its Rocketdyne unit, currently part of Pratt and Whitney, to GenCorp Inc. for $550 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first half o
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 26, 2012 - Another attempt to re-dock the Russian Progress M-15M space freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) will be made on Sunday, July 29, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center sai
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2012 - The July 24, 2012 Degradation Free Spectrometers (DFS) sounding rocket mission's ultimate objective is to significantly advance the state of the art in short wavelength observing solar spectrometers
