Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 19, 2011 - The integration of Vega's first, second and third stages is now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of Jan
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 16, 2011 - NASA says planned changes in the next stage of a program to develop privately operated U.S. spacecraft will give it more flexibility amid funding uncertainties.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - Arianespace confirmed Soyuz' mission flexibility in operations from the Spaceport with tonight's successful launch that placed six satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. Departing pr
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 16, 2011 - Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz mission from French Guiana has been given the launch go-ahead, moving preparations into their final phase for a nighttime liftoff tomorrow with six satellite passengers.
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - NASA conducted its final J-2X rocket engine test of the year Dec. 14, the 10th firing in a series of tests on the new upper-stage engine that will carry humans farther into space than ever before.
Herndon VA (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - Raytheon's High Speed Guard cross domain technology is now commercially available as an off-the-shelf product. High Speed Guard, previously offered as a service, has been on the U.S. Department of D
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 16, 2011 - With preparations under way for the first launch of Europe's new light launcher Vega from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, Arianespace has signed its first commercial launch Service and Sol
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - December 8 2011, marked the one year anniversary of Dragon's first Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. The flight made history as SpaceX became the only commercia
New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - Inside an immaculate but otherwise nondescript industrial building just outside the Beltway in suburban Virginia, half a dozen engineers and technicians, wearing lab coats, shoe covers, and hairnets
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 15, 2011 - The launcher for Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz flight from French Guiana is now complete, following the integration of its upper composite containing the vehicle's Fregat upper stage, the mission's si
Hampton VA (SPX) Dec 15, 2011 - Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,165 kg) Orion test article took its eight and final splash of the year into the Hydro Impact Basin on Dec. 13. Orion, t
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2011 - They may be working to reach the final frontier, but employees of Russian space agency Roscosmos face going no further than Russia for their holidays.
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Dec 15, 2011 - Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $5.2 million by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) under the Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE) progra
Moscow (AFP) Dec 14, 2011 - One of the last surviving architects of the Soviet space programme that put Yuri Gagarin into orbit half a century ago died on Wednesday, officials said. He was 99.
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2011 - In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time, and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary scienc
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 14, 2011 - Asia's leading satellite operator, MEASAT Global (MEASAT), has chosen Arianespace to launch the MEASAT-3b satellite. MEASAT-3b will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5
