Beijing (AFP) June 29, 2012 - Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth as heroes on Friday after carrying out China's most complex and longest mission in orbit, vital steps in the country's effort to build a space station by 2020.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 29, 2012 - There are many mascots for space science and exploration, but who knew that giving a voice to a vegetable would catch on and inspire kids on Earth? These students may not necessarily want to consume
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2012 - A major milestone has been achieved for NASA's Orion program with the first Orion destined for space being shipped to the Kennedy Space Center. Construction on the spacecraft was finished at NASA's
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2012 - Northrop Grumman has just finished conducting a two-day Spacecraft Baseline Interim Design Review, successfully completing the Spacecraft Bus Critical Design Review (CDR) process for the Modular Spa
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - Humans are by nature consumers, regardless of where they might live and work. Supply runs to the International Space Station began as soon as assembly got under way. The first supplies were delivere
Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2012 - A Chinese spacecraft with three astronauts aboard will return to Earth Friday after a nearly two-week mission that included the country's first manual docking in orbit, state media said.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of tests on a thruster destined for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation spacecraft, designated CST-100. Boeing is one of s
Canoga Park, CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has completed a series of hot-fire tests on a service module thruster for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The CST-100 spacecraft, designed
Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2012 - ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers is scheduled to leave the International Space Station and land on 1 July. Andre is finishing experiments and packing his bags ready for departure. One of the last experim
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2012 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific impulse (Isp). The e
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 27, 2012 - After a 10-minute flight, the sharp-edged SHEFEX II spacecraft landed safely west of Spitsbergen. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center launched the seven-ton and roughly 13-metre-long rocket
Paris (ESA) Jun 27, 2012 - Astrium has been awarded two studies by the European Space Agency (ESA) to define how to evolve technologies used on the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and the Columbus space laboratory for future
Beijing (XNA) Jun 26, 2012 - The arrangements for the Shenzhou-10 mission will be decided after a full review of the Shenzhou-9 mission and status of orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module, said a spokeswoman for China's manned space p
Beijing (XNA) Jun 26, 2012 - Liu Yang, the first Chinese woman entering the space, had an excellent performance in past eight days, a spokeswoman of China's manned space program said Sunday. The 33-year-old veteran pilot adapte
Beijing (XNA) Jun 26, 2012 - How are the astronauts' lives on their first day in the Tiangong-1? Will they feel bored? They have completed a lot of scheduled work and began to implement the same work and rest schedule as on the
Beijing (XNA) Jun 26, 2012 - The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft has aroused many people's interests on the space flight. Of the various ideas on the Shenzhou-9, some are expectations and good wishes but some are rumors and misunderstand
