Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2012 - China has made key technological progress in developing Long March-5 large-thrust carrier rocket and it is hopeful that the new generation rocket will make its maiden flight in 2014, a rocket scient
Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2012 - An upgraded carrier rocket has completed assembling and is ready for China's first manned space docking due between June and August this year, an official with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Te
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 - On March 5, the X-37B robot spaceplane celebrated a birthday in orbit. This mysterious, semi-classified spacecraft is still up there, and it's not clear when it
Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2012 - Scientific and medical experiments being carried out onboard space lab module Tiangong-1 are seeing good progress, according to a senior Chinese space technology expert. These experiments ar
Paris (AFP) March 5, 2012 - Flight controllers have set March 23 for the launch of a European supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency told AFP on Monday.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 - After enduring some confusing reportage by the Chinese media, the future of China's next astronaut mission is becoming a little clearer. It now seems certain that the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, ex
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 - Lockheed Martin has chosen Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) as its dedicated West Coast launch facility for Athena rocket launches. The company's decision will enable Alaska Aerospace Corporatio
Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2012 - A leading Chinese space engineer said here Thursday that China's first unmanned space module, the Tiangong-1, is now capable of accommodating astronauts, making it possible for China to carry out it
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 - When the International Space Station was first imagined, the idea was to create an unprecedented research platform to support microgravity investigations for the benefit of all humankind. That goal
Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2012 - China will have to test its docking, logistics and resource recycling technologies if it wants to establish a manned space station by 2020, a renowned Chinese scientist said Thursday. Qi Faren
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 - On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital fli
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 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 05, 2012 - For more than 30 years, NASA's two Apollo-era crawler-transporters carried six space shuttles (Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise) atop mobile launcher platforms fro
Quebec City, Canada (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 - The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, has announced Canada's intention to renew its commitment to the International Space Sta
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 02, 2012 - Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 for the orbiting of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now complete following installation of its payload fairing - marking an important step as fin
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 02, 2012 - The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be raised by 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles) on Wednesday to ensure the best conditions for the docking of Russia's Progress M-15M cargo spacecraft
