Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 05, 2011 - The successful first docking mission to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory has cleared the path for greater things to come. The flight of the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft demonstrated two success
Kampala (AFP) Dec 4, 2011 - Chris Nsamba says that at one time or another every successful scientist has been called a madman, and some think he is crazy about working to send the first Ugandan into space - from the backyard of his mother's home.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 02, 2011 - The US Air Force has officially confirmed that the second flight of their X-37B robot spaceplane is on overtime. This small experimental spacecraft, which resembles a car-sized space shuttle, has be
Beijing (AFP) Dec 2, 2011 - China's post office is hoping to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space.
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 02, 2011 - Science Applications International has completed design and construction services, providing NASA with a new vibro-acoustic test capability (VTC). The VTC includes a mechanical vibration facility (M
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 02, 2011 - Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. is one of five companies that will develop mission concepts for demonstrating solar electric propulsion in space, important for NASA's future deep space human e
Paris (ESA) Nov 30, 2011 - ESA and the DLR German Space Center fired a Texus rocket 263 km into space on 27 November to test a new way of handling propellants on Europe's future rockets. Texus 48 lifted off at 10:10 GMT
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Nov 30, 2011 - After spending more than 240 days sailing around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D - a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit - has successfully completed its Earth
Richmond, Canada (SPX) Nov 30, 2011 - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has received contracts worth CA$4.2 million from NASA's Johnson Space Center to exten
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 30, 2011 - Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's Kenne
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 30, 2011 - Cargo loading is underway in French Guiana for the no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which is being readied for a 2012 launch from the Spaceport on Arianespace's next Ariane 5 servicing missio
Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 29, 2011 - Whether free-burning or smoldering, uncontrolled fire can threaten life and destroy property. On Earth, a little water, maybe some chemicals, and the fire is smothered. In space, where there i
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2011 - Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy will be able to increase the pace and productivity of the X-47B flight test program following the successful first flight Nov. 22 of the second air vehicle develop
Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 28, 2011 - Last week NASA announced new job openings at the space agency. If you ever thought of flying in space this may be your chance. A new class of astronauts is about to be formed. You can even apply onl
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2011 - At the end of November, the mysterious X-37B robot spaceplane will reach a critical point in its mission. This time will mark the end of the official 270-day endurance limit of the semi-secret milit
Moscow (AFP) Nov 26, 2011 - A Russian Proton-M rocket completed the successful launch Saturday of an advanced Chinese communications satellite that should help expand television coverage in parts of Southeast Asia.
