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.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 16, 2012 - A Soyuz rocket blasted off with an international crew of three toward the International Space Station on Sunday in a mission testing the reliability of Russia's crisis-prone space programme.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 13, 2012 - A new approach to an established fuel will be the focus of research, development and maybe production with the help of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cella Energy's American subsidiary has
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 13, 2012 - NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with the prim
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 13, 2012 - The Expedition 32 crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station Thursday focused on a variety of science experiments and maintenance activities. Flight Engineer Joe Ac
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 13, 2012 - Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Marc Pircher, Director of the Toulouse Space Center, has announced that they have signed the launch contract for the Taranis scientific satell
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2012 - During the Farnborough International Air Show 2012, Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, announced LauncherOne, a new air-launched rocket specifically designed to deliver small
Camarillo CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2012 - Cooper Interconnect has announced that Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) utilized Cooper Interconnect non-explosive actuators on the Dragon Spacecraft to support the mission to become the firs
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 12, 2012 - NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has completed a successful test of the nose landing gear for its full-scale Dream Chaser engineering flight test vehicle. The completed test and an upcom
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2012 - Consolidating a relationship now entering into its 30th year, Eutelsat Communications and Arianespace have announced the conclusion of a new launch services contract for a future Eutelsat satellite.
Farnborough, United Kingdom (AFP) July 11, 2012 - British tycoon Richard Branson said Wednesday his children would join him on the first of his Virgin Galactic space flights, as he unveiled a new satellite launching service.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 11, 2012 - International Launch Services has successfully carried the SES-5 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton for SES of Luxembourg. This was the 21th SES satellite launched on ILS P
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2012 - The effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm - Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) - could help it to live longer. The discovery was made by an international group of scientists studying the loss
Midland, TX (SPX) Jul 10, 2012 - The Midland Development Corporation and XCOR Aerospace have jointly announced the establishment of XCOR's new Commercial Space Research and Development Center Headquarters that will be created over
