Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2012 - A Chinese spacecraft on Sunday successfully completed the country's first manual docking in orbit, a milestone in an ambitious programme to build a space station by the end of the decade.
Star City, Russia (UPI) Jun 23, 2012 - Russian, American and Japanese astronauts are scheduled to conduct a space walk on the International Space Station, cosmonaut Yury Malanchenko said.
Beijing (XNA) Jun 22, 2012 - In an interview, the general designer of the Tracking, Telemetry, Command and Communication System of the China Manned Space Engineering Qian Weiping said that, if we say the core mission of the She
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 22, 2012 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program is turning to a number of strategies to work through the complex challenges of engineering a new generation of rockets and spacecraft. Technical Interchange Meetings,
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2012 - A NASA computer animation that shows how the sun's heat drives the Earth's swirling winds and ocean currents and a series that tours the lunar surface and the evolution of the moon are the scientifi
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 22, 2012 - Boeing has completed its first major technical reviews for the cryogenic stages of the Space Launch System (SLS), bringing the team into the design phase for the nation's next heavy-lift, human-rate
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 22, 2012 - Tiangong 1 is described by its Chinese builders as a space laboratory. This term is has been widely adopted by journalists and space analysts. It's probably not inaccurate to call the Tiangong 1 s
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 21, 2012 - The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) has enlisted seven of the nation's top scientists to serve as team leaders in its efforts to protect astronaut health during long-duration sp
Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2012 - NASA says it has launched an Internet portal to accelerate technology transfer from the space agency to U.S. businesses, industry and the public.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 20, 2012 - If you want to understand the origin of the universe, you need a lot of power. That's exactly why the International Space Station is the perfect research platform for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 20, 2012 - Initial assembly of the fourth Ariane 5 for launch by Arianespace in 2012 has been completed at the Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in preparations for a mission to loft a dual-p
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 20, 2012 - So far, so good. The first crewed expedition to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory has been highly successful, with three astronauts travelling to the module and beginning work. In just a few days,
Washington DC (AFNS) Jun 20, 2012 - As part of the Defense Department's ongoing efforts to maintain assured, affordable access to space through 2030, the Atlas V rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida's
Washington (AFP) June 20, 2012 - The US military launched an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday carrying a top secret satellite into space, officials said.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2012 - The former head of a Russian rocket technology firm who was jailed in 2007 for selling state secrets to China has been released on parole, Radio Liberty reported. Igor Reshetin, the former dir
United Nations (AFP) June 18, 2012 - Rich countries will have to stop the consumer high life as part of any deal to heal the world's social and environmental stresses, a top UN official said ahead of a key development summit this week.
