Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 29, 2011 - Astrium, Europe's leading space company, continues to prepare Europe's future propulsion technology by signing a euros 60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the
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
Louisville CO (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 - Sierra Nevada Space Systems (SNC) has announced completion of two significant milestones as part of the Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program. SNC is building the Dream Chaser, a Spac
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 - Preparations for the next two Ariane 5 flights are underway at the Spaceport, once again demonstrating Arianespace's flexibility in meeting customer timing for the orbiting of their telecommunicatio
Moscow (AFP) June 28, 2011 - A piece of debris travelling thousands of miles an hour narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a harrowing incident that forced the crew to scramble to their rescue craft.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 - It should come as no surprise that NASA has selected a shuttle-derived vehicle with two existing LOX/LH2 stages as its reference design for the new heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) ordered by
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 - It is difficult to sleep in a strange place, especially when you are far from home. Just imagine if you were approximately 210 miles from home and free floating in a spacecraft orbiting the Earth, l
Columbus, OH (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 - Astronomers' research on celestial bodies may have an impact on the human body. Ohio State University astronomers are working with medical physicists and radiation oncologists to develop a potential
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2011 - When space shuttle astronauts are living and working in Earth orbit, their mission - and, ultimately, their lives - depend on all the shuttle orbiter's systems and controls working exactly as expect
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2011 - The shuttle Atlantis is ready to fly on its final mission to the International Space Station on July 8, NASA said Tuesday after a meeting to review plans for last-ever US space shuttle flight.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 27, 2011 - Both satellite passengers for Arianespace's fourth heavy-lift mission of 2011 are well advanced in their integration phase as preparations move forward for the July 1 launch from French Guiana.
Paris (UPI) Jun 23, 2011 - The European Space Agency says it is going ahead with its re-entry vehicle demonstrator, known as the IXV, which it expects to launch in 2013.
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 23, 2011 - The new main engine to power Europe's successor to its Ariane 5 space launcher was brought a step closer when ESA signed a euros 60 million contract with a propulsion consortium at the Paris Air an
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 23, 2011 - Loaded with waste material, the second European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-2), Johannes Kepler, entered Earth's atmosphere shortly after performing its second de-orbit engine firing at 22:04 CE
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 23, 2011 - What child has not dreamed of breaking free from gravity's chains and floating, weightless, above Earth's surface?
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 22, 2011 - Europe's unmanned ATV space freighter plunged on command into Earth's atmosphere to end its mission as a spectacular shooting star over the southern Pacific Ocean. Contact with the spacecraft was lo
