Paris (ESA) Jul 10, 2012 - All chefs know that preparing the perfect chocolate mousse is one part science and one part art. ESA's microgravity research is helping the food industry understand the science behind the foams foun
Beijing, China (China Daily) Jul 09, 2012 - The launch and safe return of the Shenzhou IX spacecraft has ignited an outbreak of popular science fever in China, which provides an excellent opportunity to boost science awareness, according to
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 09, 2012 - For the first time in the history of space exploration, China beat Russia on the number of space launches in a given period of time, a rocket engine manufacturer said on Wednesday. China condu
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 06, 2012 - On Thursday, July 5, Arianespace successfully launched two satellites: the dedicated Internet satellite EchoStar XVII for the American operator Hughes Network Systems, and the MSG-3 weather satellit
Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 05, 2012 - ATK is pleased to announce an expanded crew and cargo capability. The extended cargo configuration will allow the Liberty spacecraft to take full advantage of the launch vehicle lift capacity to tra
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 05, 2012 - ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been assigned to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2014 for a long-duration mission aboard the International Space
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 04, 2012 - ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, together with his Russian Commander Oleg Kononenko and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:14 GMT (10:14 CEST) in Soyuz TM
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2012 - When NASA conducts its first test launch of the Orion spacecraft in 2014, the crew module's designers will record invaluable data about its performance - from launch and flight, to re-entry and land
London, UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2012 - Avanti Communications Group has announced that HYLAS 2, its second satellite, will launch at approximately 9.50pm UK-time on 2 August 2012 upon an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. HYLAS 2, which has a
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2012 - The Orion capsule that will make the first flight test into space was celebrated Monday morning as the cornerstone of a new era of exploration for America's space program. The spacecraft's aluminum-
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2012 - The road to space is a long and arduous path, a meandering trip that in many ways is more demanding than the Space Station mission itself. Training to fly into space is also the next best thing to a
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2012 - Roughly 400 scientists, engineers, students, industry leaders and business representatives gathered last week to participate in the 1st Annual International Space Station Research and Development Co
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2012 - The moment the Shenzhou IX capsule landed safely in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Friday morning, China moved closer toward its goal of establishing a permanent space station. The Sh
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2012 - China has no intention to compete with others and take the lead in space, said a senior official with the manned space program. China's manned space program aims to build a space station by 20
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jul 02, 2012 - A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 9:15 a.m. EDT Friday. Designated
Canoga Park, CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2012 - The sky rumbled and the ground shook as the three most powerful hydrogen-fueled liquid rocket engines ever built successfully boosted a U.S. government satellite into orbit. Developed by Pratt and W
