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.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Nov 26, 2011 - AsiaSat 7, a new communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), was launched at Hong Kong Time 3:10 a.m. on the 26th of November on an ILS Proton Breeze M l
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 25, 2011 - Basic build-up of the Ariane 5 for Arianespace's upcoming mission with the no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been completed, as preparations continue for an early 2012 launch from the Space
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2011 - Russian Mission Control has dismissed NASA's prediction that the three astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) may need to take shelter inside Russian space capsules on Wednesday mo
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Nov 24, 2011 - Future astronauts spending Thanksgiving in space may not have to forgo one of the most traditional parts of the day's feast: fresh sweet potatoes. Cary Mitchell, a Purdue University professor
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 24, 2011 - The Pleiades 1 Earth observation satellite payload for Arianespace's second Soyuz mission from French Guiana is undergoing pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport as this platform is readied for flight
Shanghai (XNA) Nov 23, 2011 - China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on Tuesday conferred 15 patent certificates to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), developer of the docking mechanism for China's
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 23, 2011 - Russia and France will pool their efforts to build cutting-edge reusable space rockets, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Russian and French engineers are already working in this
Oxford MS (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law and the Journal of Space Law with the International Institute of Space Law will host the sixth Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issu
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - Given the choice between a ticket into space and $102,000 (approx 65,000 pounds), 60 percent of IT staff would take the cash. That's the finding of a survey of 4,000 global Twitter followers by UK-b
Berlin. Germany (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - On 17 November at 19:38 local time (12:38 CET), the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-8, carrying the German SIMBOX experiment, landed on schedule in the Gobi desert in Inner Mongolia, completing a succes
Washington (UPI) Nov 23, 2011 - Native-born and foreign-born people in the United States are just as likely to have a college degree, but more foreign-born are engineers, officials say.
Centennial CO (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the completion of a key milestone that could lead toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight. ULA has successfully comple
Worcester, MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - Two researchers set to fly aboard suborbital spacecraft as a part of Southwest Research Institute's next-generation suborbital research program completed another milestone on November 2nd when they
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is seeking a new launch site to meet increasing demand from commercial customers. SpaceX already has an active launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 23, 2011 - Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniver
