Dulles, VA (SPX) Nov 11, 2011 - Orbital Sciences has secured important roles as the industrial partner to three of five finalists for the next round of NASA's small space science missions. Under the space agency's Explorer Program
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2011 - NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 10, 2011 - A focus of activity for Arianespace's second Soyuz flight from French Guiana is now on the Spaceport's S3B clean room facility, where the medium-lift launcher's Fregat upper stage is being readied f
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 09, 2011 - On November 7, for the first time in the history of Arianespace, the company's operating teams were all deployed concurrently on the Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launch pads at the Guiana Space Center in
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 09, 2011 - When aerospace engineers design the new vehicle intended for long-duration space travel, they will need to include a good-sized medicine cabinet. Stocking it, however, is more of a challenge than a
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2011 - A Chinese Long March 2F carrier rocket hurled Shenzhou-8 into orbit a week ago. Two days later, the unmanned spacecraft linked up with the Tiangong-1 module, accomplishing China's first space dockin
Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2011 - NASA said Tuesday it will launch in 2014 an unmanned test flight of its Orion deep space capsule, made by Lockheed Martin to someday carry astronauts to the moon, an asteroid or Mars.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2011 - China's space control network has realized integrated command and control, which ensured the successful docking of the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 with the space lab module Tiangong 1, according
Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2011 - In a recent interview at the White House, President Obama addressed NASA's future. He said, I am hugely committed to manned space flight but I want to make sure that we're doing it right and that w
Toulouse, France (SPX) Nov 08, 2011 - Astrium is prime contractor for all six satellites to be launched in mid-December by the second Soyuz launcher to lift off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The Pleiades 1 Very High
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 08, 2011 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's third flight to service the International Space Station has begun its build-up at the Spaceport, preparing this heavy-lift launcher for an early 2012 mission from Fren
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2011 - China has successfully completed the first step of building a space station when Shenzhou 8 docked with lab module Tiangong 1 on Nov. 3, 2011, but what is the significance of the project for the nat
Beijing (XNA) Nov 07, 2011 - China's space industry will develop quickly over the next 10 years as the country pushes ahead with its space programs after its first space docking on Thursday. Lab modules, a space station a
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2011 - NASA's Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the Voyager 2 spacecraft Nov. 4 to switch to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Confirmation was received that
An interview with Huang Weifen, deputy chief director of China's astronaut program.
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 5, 2011 - China has acquired a space tracking station in Australia, its first such facility in a close US ally, a report said Saturday.
