Jiuquan, China (XNA) Oct 27, 2011 - China will launch the spacecraft Shenzhou-8 in early November at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest deseart area. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to perform China's first spa
Beijing (UPI) Oct 26, 2011 - China's unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft will be launched early next month for the first docking with the country's space lab module, scientists said Wednesday.
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 26, 2011 - The first lightweight Vega was delivered to the Spaceport with this latest member of Arianespace's expanded launcher family arriving only days after the service entry of its other new vehicle - the
Washington (AFP) Oct 26, 2011 - NASA evacuated a crew of astronauts Wednesday from an underwater lab off the coast of Florida where they were training for a trip to an asteroid, due to the approach of Hurricane Rina.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2011 - At this time, there is a zero percent chance of not meeting the launch weather criteria for liftoff of the NPP mission. Skies will be mostly clear with good visibility, forecasters say. At NAS
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2011 - With China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1, settled into orbit, it's now time to consider the missions that will follow. We're expecting China to perform two docking tests with the unmanned She
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2011 - Anyone who follows new space concepts has heard of the Space Elevator. This is conceived as a non-rocket space structure that is intended to transport material from the Earth's surface into space.
Beijing (XNA) Oct 25, 2011 - The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bri
Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2011 - The dreams of more than 40,000 people will be stored as text and video on a chip and sent into space along with Shenzhou VIII spacecraft next month. The Shenzhou VIII is slated to take off in
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2011 - Seventy-five years ago this Halloween, at 9 a.m., a truck from the California Institute of Technology turned on to a road owned by the Pasadena Water Department and after heading down a small hill c
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Oct 21, 2011 - A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday on its maiden flight from Europe's space base here, carrying the first two satellites in the Galileo geopositioning system, an AFP reporter saw.
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2011 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has announced it has successfully completed the preliminary design review of its revolutionary launch abort system, a system designed for manned missions usin
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 21, 2011 - The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been raised by 3.1 km (1.9 miles), a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control said. The maneuver was carried out late on Wednesday using th
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Oct 21, 2011 - Engineers were eyeing a second bid at the historic launch of a Soyuz rocket from Europe's space base in South America after a countdown on Thursday was scrubbed by a refuelling hitch.
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Oct 20, 2011 - Launch directors on Thursday were running through the last checks for the maiden liftoff of Soyuz, the legendary Soviet-Russian rocket, from Europe's base in French Guiana.
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Oct 20, 2011 - Europe announced a 24-hour delay in the maiden launch Thursday of a Russian rocket laden with the first satellites in a rival scheme to America's GPS geopositioning system.
