Augsburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - MT Aerospace received an important follow-up order to manufacture ceramic compound body flaps and heat shield components for the European IXV reentry vehicle: after completion of the development pha
San Francisco (AFP) March 22, 2012 - Science experiments devised by teenage students, one from Egypt and two from the United States, will be conducted in space as part of a move by YouTube and Lenovo to inspire young minds.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 21, 2012 - The Ariane 5 launch of Europe's no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle has been given the green light for a March 23 liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana on a servicing mission to the International
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 21, 2012 - In a challenge to current astrophysical models of the universe, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories Z machine and the University of Rostock in Germany have found that current estimates of ic
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 21, 2012 - Astrium, Europe's leading space company, is completing the mission preparation for the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV-3. On March 23, 2012, the unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft named after the Ita
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 20, 2012 - A sub-scale solid rocket motor designed to mimic NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, booster design has been successfully tested by engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al
Beijing (XNA) Mar 20, 2012 - Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos denied reports Friday of a delay to the launch of the new multi-purpose Nauka lab for the International Space Station (ISS). The launch has been planne
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 20, 2012 - The physiological, emotional and psychological stress associated with spaceflight can result in decreased immunity that reactivates the virus that causes shingles, a disease punctuated by painful sk
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2012 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, which is supporting The Boeing Company during the development of its CST-100 spacecraft in NASA's Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2), completed mission-durati
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 20, 2012 - Astrium and Air Liquide have announced the creation of a European strategic partnership called EuroCryospace. It is an extension of Cryospace, which was set up 25 years ago to develop and manufactur
Washington (AFP) March 20, 2012 - Preparations for the April 30 launch of the SpaceX's Dragon commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station are underway without major problems, a top NASA official said Tuesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2012 - NASA's Science Mission Directorate is organized into four disciplines: Heliophysics, Planetary, Astrophysics and Earth science. This structure has put NASA scientists at the forefront of discovery a
Oak Brook IL (SPX) Mar 19, 2012 - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who have spent prolonged periods of time in space revealed optical abnormalities similar to those that can occur in intracran
Los Angeles (AFP) March 19, 2012 - Actor Ashton Kutcher is set to go into orbit after becoming the 500th customer to sign up for Richard Branson's pioneering space ship, the British tycoon said Monday.
Seoul (AFP) March 17, 2012 - North Korea said Saturday it would invite foreign experts and journalists to observe a satellite launch which has sparked widespread condemnation and US threats that it could jeopardise food aid.
Roswell, N.M. (UPI) Mar 16, 2012 - An Austrian who made a free-fall jump from 71,581 feet into New Mexico that lasted nearly 4 minutes plans to make a 120,000-foot space jump, officials said.
