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.
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 20, 2011 - International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the ViaSat-1 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton fo
Spaceport America NM (SPX) Oct 19, 2011 - Looking skyward, more than 800 guests marveled at Virgin Galactic's commercial space vehicles as they soared through the skies of southern New Mexico during the dedication ceremonies of Virgin Galac
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 19, 2011 - A full dress rehearsal for Arianespace's first Soyuz flight from French Guiana was performed today, validating the mission from countdown to spacecraft separation in preparation for this Russian-bui
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 19, 2011 - A former NASA leader whose career has touched nearly every aspect of manned and unmanned space flight has been named director of the Florida Space Institute. S. Alan Stern will help the instit
Las Cruces, N.M. (UPI) Oct 18, 2011 - The space tourism industry, despite a slow start amid speculation and doubts, is gaining momentum, an industry conference in New Mexico heard.
Austin, TX (SPX) Oct 18, 2011 - Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for payload processing support at the Easte
Moscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2011 - Russia's chief prosecutor on Tuesday blamed a recent spate of disasters threatening the future of the International Space Station (ISS) on negligence by the country's underpaid rocket scientists.
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Oct 18, 2011 - Arizona State University is no stranger to space exploration missions. Whether to Mars or other solar system targets, its involvement with NASA planetary exploration began in the 1970s and at presen
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 18, 2011 - Every year there are strides made in medical technology that improve research capabilities and the quality of care for patients. The decade-old ultrasound on the International Space Station, for ins
Chennai, India (SPX) Oct 18, 2011 - This paper is an introduction to gravitational and space life sciences and a summary of key achievements in the field. Current global research is focused on understanding the effects of gravity/micr
Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 17, 2011 - British billionaire Richard Branson on Monday opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic.
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 17, 2011 - A University of Colorado Boulder space center will play a key role in a new international contest being sponsored by YouTube, Lenovo, Space Adventures and several space agencies that challenges 14-
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2011 - Today the U.S. Air Force issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the NRO and NASA that serves as a joint agreement on the process they will use to allow new companies to compete to provide l
by Staff Writers - The first Soyuz to take off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is now at its launch pad. The rocket that will carry the first two Galileo navigation s
