Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2012 - NASA has selected six proposals to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS). The awardees will develop engineering demonstratio
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 20, 2012 - NASA's space shuttles flew their final missions in 2011, finishing each with a touchdown on the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) runway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Permanent reminders now mark
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 19, 2012 - ESA astronaut Tim Peake recently spent 12 days underwater with three other aquanauts to look at the best ways for astronauts to explore an asteroid. Behind the scenes, a large support team was learn
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 19, 2012 - Alliant Techsystems has successfully completed its Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Through CCDev2, NASA is spurring innovation and devel
Seoul (AFP) July 19, 2012 - South Korea will make a third attempt this October at a rocket launch aimed at placing a satellite into orbit, its science ministry said Thursday.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 19, 2012 - NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the spacecraft's orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carr
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 18, 2012 - NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Jason-3 spacecraft in December 2014 aboard a Fa
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 18, 2012 - NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1)
New York (AFP) July 18, 2012 - A New York aerospace museum opened the space shuttle Enterprise to the public Thursday.
Hampton VA (SPX) Jul 18, 2012 - NASA technicians and engineers are putting the finishing touches on a unique experiment designed to demonstrate that an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield could be used to protect spacecraft when ente
Korolyov, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2012 - The launch of Russia's Nauka (Science) multirole laboratory module (MLM) for the International Space Station has been set back from the end of this year to the end of next year due to technologica
New Delhi, India (IANS) Jul 18, 2012 - India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency official said Monday
Centennial CO (SPX) Jul 18, 2012 - NASA's Launch Services Program has announced that it selected United Launch Alliance's (ULA) proven Delta II launch vehicle for three future missions. The newly contracted missions include Orbiting
Stennis MS (SPX) Jul 17, 2012 - NASA engineers conducted a 550-second test of the new J-2X rocket engine at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on July 13. The J-2X engine will power the upper-stage of a planned two-stage Space La
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 17, 2012 - Our Soyuz spacesuit is named after the Russian word for falcon: (sokol). It serves only one purpose, to keep us alive in the event of a cockpit depressurization. We venture into a place that is devo
Sydney (AFP) July 17, 2012 - Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new safety deck.
