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
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
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.
Paris (ESA) Nov 14, 2011 - Representatives from 28 countries, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Lucca, Italy, on 10 November for the Third International Conference on Exploration and the first
Reston, VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2011 - International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has announced a contract for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary tr
Singapore (AFP) Nov 14, 2011 - A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 14, 2011 - Russia on Monday successfully launched three astronauts for the International Space Station, boosting morale after accidents raised doubts about the reliability of its space programme.
Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2011 - The Space and Missile Systems Center here announced Nov. 7 the publication of a guide that will allow commercial launch providers to compete for future launch service opportunities. Formally c
Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2011 - China completed its second space docking on Monday, state media reported, as it moves closer towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 14, 2011 - Two Russians and an American Monday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an AFP correspondent said.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 13, 2011 - Russia on Monday launches three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme after an unprecedented string of failures.
Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2011 - US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot point-blank in the head during a January meeting with voters, has spoken out in her first interview since the attack, discussing her remarkable recovery.
Reston, VA (SPX) Nov 11, 2011 - International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat have announced a contract for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton in 2013. The W3D satellite is
Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2011 - The Shenzhou VIII spacecraft was launched under the spotlight at 5:58 am, Nov 1. It will safely land controlled by a statical pressure altitude controller, made in Chengdu. The controller, mad
Paris (ESA) Nov 11, 2011 - Discussions will focus on space exploration when ministers and heads of agencies of most of the world's space-faring countries rendezvous on Thursday in Lucca, Italy. High-level representative
Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2011 - The space module Tiangong-1 and spacecraft Shenzhou-8 will conduct rendezvous and docking experiments twice as scheduled and then Shenzhou-8 will return to the earth while Tiangong-1 will continue t
