Houston TX (SPX) Jul 05, 2011 - University of Wisconsin students topped two other university teams to win the 2011 NASA eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge, a competition to design and build a space habitat.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 03, 2011 - Russia's Progress M-11M space freighter on Friday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station by 3.5 km, a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control said. The adjustment was conducte
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2011 - Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A expect to complete work to close out space shuttle Atlantis' aft section. Teams are not working any issues to prevent the start of the launc
Cape Canaveral, FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2011 - On December 8, 2010, SpaceX became the first commercial company in history to launch, fly, land and recover a spacecraft from low Earth orbit. Now through July 10, 2011, that spacecraft, the SpaceX
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 03, 2011 - Following the anomaly detected on Friday July 1st during the launch attempt VA203, Arianespace has decided to replace the valve of the EPC (the main cryogenic stage), which did not function nominall
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2011 - If home is where the heart is, then the heart and soul of NASA's space shuttle fleet reside in three custom-built, 29,000-square-foot buildings at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They're formally c
Washington (AFP) July 3, 2011 - The US space shuttle is the most complex and costly flying machine ever built, and although it helped build a pioneering space outpost it also kept Americans confined to low Earth orbit for 30 years.
Washington (AFP) July 2, 2011 - The shuttle Atlantis is poised to launch Friday on the final flight of the 30-year American program, a journey that marks the end of an era of US dominance in human space exploration.
Titusville, Florida (AFP) July 2, 2011 - The booming tourist area and haven for high-tech NASA jobs known as the Space Coast is struggling with sadness, bitterness and fear for the future as the US shuttle program draws to a close.
Moscow (AFP) July 2, 2011 - As the United States winds down its shuttle programme in a symbolic twist in a long-running space rivalry, Russia will gain complete control of access to the International Space Station.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jul 1, 2011 - Astronauts and managers of the last mission of NASA's space shuttle program say they're focused on a strong finish and positive legacy for the U.S. program.
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 01, 2011 - A spacecraft control flap designed for the super-heated hypersonic fall through Earth's atmosphere has come through testing in the world's largest plasma wind tunnel to be ready for its first flight
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jun 30, 2011 - NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has rescheduled the launch of an United States Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the ORS-1 satellite for the Department of Defense's Operationally Respo
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jun 30, 2011 - The final flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for July 8, 2011, at 11:26 a.m. EDT. This will be the last mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis will carry equipment for a
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2011 - NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will address a National Press Club luncheon on July 1, one week before the final scheduled space shuttle launch. Discussing America's continued commitment to
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2011 - Although he has long since completed his school and university education, Jerome Campan carefully follows the presentation given by instructor Paolo De Lunardi on the projection screen. Sitting in t
