London, UK (SPX) Nov 17, 2011 - Allianz Global Assistance and the International Space Transport Association (ISTA) have signed a unique partnership agreement in anticipation of the inevitable growth in space tourism and commercial
Long Beach, California (AFP) Nov 17, 2011 - Excited, nervous, terrified - just three emotions described by a group of US teachers about to take a dizzying weightless flight all for the cause of science, naturally.
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 17, 2011 - Expedition 29 has expanded to six crew members. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin docked the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft to the Poisk mini-research
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 17, 2011 - While many of us may not like to exercise, imagine having to do it two hours every day. Astronauts on the International Space Station must exercise at least that much to stay fit. A new space statio
Kennedy Space Center FL SPX) Nov 17, 2011 - The mobile launcher is making the longest trip of its young life to begin a two-week series of structural tests at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In anticipation of
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 16, 2011 - The first Vega launch campaign began on Monday at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with the installation of the first stage on the pad. Europe's new small launcher is on track for its maiden flig
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 16, 2011 - ESA has begun developing a new blood-testing device for astronauts on the International Space Station. A wide range of ailments from diabetes to heart disease should be diagnosable in moments from a
Moscow (AFP) Nov 16, 2011 - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut docked Wednesday at the International Space Station (ISS), a Russian space agency spokesman told AFP.
Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 16, 2011 - Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC) and Petrofac Training Services, a member of the Petrofac group, have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver water survival training to the glo
Moscow (AFP) Nov 16, 2011 - A spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked Wednesday with the International Space Station in the first Russian manned mission for five months after a spate of technical failures.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 16, 2011 - Mastery of know-how is not always solid until proven by repeated experiments. With a string of sophisticated maneuvers, docking, de-linking and re-docking, as part of its current Shenzhou-8 space mi
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2011 - Expedition 29 crew members Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Dan Burbank are on their way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying the new trio launched from Ba
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2011 - The US Congress on Wednesday bestowed its highest civilian honor on four American space pioneers of the 1960s, marking the first time the Congressional Gold Medal has been awarded to astronauts.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 15, 2011 - China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations pla
Redondo Beach, CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2011 - Northrop Grumman has completed on schedule the preliminary design review (PDR) for its modular space vehicle (MSV), allowing the program to proceed to its critical design review and closer to manufa
Bucharest (AFP) Nov 15, 2011 - A 26-year-old Romanian accused of hacking several servers of the US space agency NASA costing it some 500,000 dollars has been arrested, prosecutors said Tuesday.
