Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 02, 2012 - The SpaceLoft-6 sounding rocket will launch April 5, 2012, at Spaceport America, in Upham, N.M., with seven payloads, crucial for future Operationally Responsive Space missions, demonstrating its de
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Mar 30, 2012 - The Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment effort successfully completed its Key Decision Point - B review at NASA allowing the project to proceed into Phase B of its lifecycle, the Mission Defini
Moscow (UPI) Mar 30, 2012 - Russia says it will offer its medical expertise to astronauts from partner countries on the International Space Station during post-mission rehabilitation.
Paris (AFP) Mar 29, 2012 - An unmanned European craft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday 2233 GMT, laden with tonnes of fuel, water, oxygen and other supplies, France's CNES space agency said.
Tokyo (AFP) March 29, 2012 - North Korea has begun fuelling a rocket for a launch that the West considers a missile test, a Japanese newspaper reported Thursday, citing a source close to the government in Pyongyang.
Geneva (AFP) March 29, 2012 - Swiss researchers said Thursday they have built a mini-motor which they claim could slash the costs of satellite launches by 10 times, ushering in a new era of low-cost space exploration.
Paris (SPX) Mar 29, 2012 - Euroconsult has announced that global budgets for space programs have reached a plateau of roughly $70 billion, confirming a slowdown in expansion experienced by the space industry for the last 10 y
Sacramento, CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2012 - Aerojet, reports that its engines will be providing the main propulsion for Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) as it maneuvers for a scheduled docking with the International Space Station (IS
Hawthorne, Calif. (UPI) Mar 29, 2012 - Commercial space company SpaceX says an independent panel of former NASA astronauts and officials will oversee its efforts to develop safe human spaceflight.
Moscow (UPI) Mar 29, 2012 - Russia's space agency Roscosmos says the Soyuz TMA-22 manned spacecraft from the International Space Station will return to Earth April 27.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2012 - NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The first rocket was launched
Moscow (UPI) Mar 28, 2012 - Russian space officials say the country is dedicated to the successful building of a nuclear engine for spacecraft by 2017.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2012 - The Innovative Partnership Program Office of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will hold a March 29 auction with ICAP Ocean Tomo LLC of Chicago to sell three NASA-developed techn
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 28, 2012 - NASA's Johnson Space Center has awarded a five-year, $120 million extension of its cooperative agreement with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston. Under the extens
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 28, 2012 - Did you ever use a flashlight to send a Morse code message to your neighbor at night as a kid? People like to say hello using lights and it's no different for space aficionados who want to twinkle a
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2012 - In a new approach to invisibility cloaking, a team of French researchers has proposed isolating or cloaking objects from sources of heat-essentially thermal cloaking. This method, which the
