Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 19, 2012 - Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2, into their planned tra
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) May 18, 2012 - International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Nimiq 6 satellite into the planned orbit t
In the final seconds before launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon mission lift off was aborted.
Springfield, VA (SPX) May 18, 2012 - The first annual ISS Research and Development Conference will be held June 26- 28 in Denver, Colorado. Organized by the American Astronautical Society with the cooperation of the Center for the Adva
London, UK (SPX) May 18, 2012 - China will definitely launch a female air force pilot into space, onboard the ambitious Shenzhou 9 rendezvous and docking mission, likely to launch in mid-June, according to a senior space programme
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 18, 2012 - Arianespace provided another on-time Ariane 5 launch tonight by orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft at the service of Asian region operators, on a mission that included multiple numeric
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) May 18, 2012 - NASA says it will modify an existing and proven Delta IV rocket second stage to launch an Orion spacecraft on an unmanned test flight in 2017.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 18, 2012 - Shaking off jitters, SpaceX counted down Friday to liftoff of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.
Tokyo (AFP) May 18, 2012 - Japan joined the commercial space race Friday after its workhorse rocket put a paid-for South Korean satellite into orbit, pitting the country against Russia and Europe in the competition for customers.
Houston TX (SPX) May 18, 2012 - When SpaceX's Dragon capsule launches in spring 2012, a very special payload will be on board: 15 student experiments from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. The big deal is that those exp
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 17, 2012 - The Ariane 5 mission with a mirror pair of relay satellites for Japan and Vietnam has been given the go-ahead for liftoff on May 15 from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Approval for this fli
Washington (AFP) May 17, 2012 - Competition is vital to the race among private companies to replace the space shuttle, NASA said Thursday, after Congress called for the US space agency to fund a single company.
Moscow (AFP) May 17, 2012 - A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), two days after their launch from Earth, officials said.
Glasgow UK (SPX) May 17, 2012 - One of the world's leading figures in future air space travel, Dr Mark J Lewis, will visit the University of Strathclyde to highlight the progress in technology that could see round-the-world flight
Hampton VA (SPX) May 17, 2012 - A NASA flight test designed to demonstrate the feasibility of inflatable spacecraft technology is coming down to the wire. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) is the third in a series
Boulder, CO (SPX) May 17, 2012 - Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to NASA for demonstrating solar electric propulsion (SEP) technologies in space. Ball Aerospace was one of five co
