Beijing (XNA) Feb 17, 2012 - China will launch another spacecraft in June to dock with its Tiangong-1 space lab, and one more spaceship next year to conduct a more demanding manual docking, according to sources with the China A
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2012 - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has issued a NASA Research Announcement for the Space Launch System (SLS) Advanced Booster risk-reduction effort. NASA is looking for a
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2012 - Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center conducted an initial test of the J-2X engine powerpack Feb. 15, kicking off a series of key tests in development of the rocket engine that will carry humans
Washington (UPI) Feb 17, 2012 - Two Russian cosmonauts will have to install International Space Station debris panels another day after their spacewalk took longer than expected, NASA said.
Esrange Space Center, Sweden (SPX) Feb 16, 2012 - The microgravity rocket MASER 12 has been successfully launched from SSC's launching facility Esrange Space Center. MASER 12 reached an apogee of 260 km and the experiments on board spent 6 minutes
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2012 - The recent announcement that China will fly its next Shenzhou spacecraft without a crew aboard is a shock. It completely goes against a tide of recent official statements and general feelings within
Moscow (AFP) Feb 16, 2012 - Two Russian cosmonauts stepped out of the International Space Station on Thursday in a spacewalk due to last six hours, Russia's mission control centre said.
Tehran (IANS) Feb 16, 2012 - Iran is planning to construct a facility to send bigger satellites into orbit, the official media reported Friday. Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the base will be used to launch one-tonne
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Feb 15, 2012 - International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-4 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit today
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2012 - New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications and Navigation Testbed - designed and bui
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2012 - NASA has announced a $17.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2013 supporting an ambitious program of space exploration that will build on new technologies and proven capabilities to expand Amer
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 14, 2012 - Vega, ESA's new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 14, 2012 - Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March liftoff approaches. Since arrival at Europe's Sp
Chicago (UPI) Feb 14, 2012 - Consumers dislike crippleware, a common practice of manufacturers of removing or degrading features in existing products, a U.S. study says.
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - Europe on Monday successfully launched a new lightweight rocket carrying a test payload, culminating a more than 12-year quest to master the entire range of space launchers.
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - A new lightweight rocket, Vega, lifted off from Europe's space base Monday carrying nine satellites on its inaugural flight, mission control said.
