Paris (AFP) June 17, 2011 - A European freighter will be destroyed by atmospheric burn-up next week after completing its supply mission to mankind's orbital outpost, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 17, 2011 - What happens when electronics overheat? The short answer is: nothing good! In microgravity, natural convection does not occur, which makes cooling equipment a challenge. So how do you keep electroni
Paris (AFP) June 17, 2011 - Relations between the United States and its partners in space remain strong, despite tighter budgets and concerns about costs and delays in building the space station, NASA chief Charles Bolden said on Friday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 16, 2011 - Scientists analyzing recent data from NASA's Voyager and Cassini spacecraft have calculated that Voyager 1 could cross over into the frontier of interstellar space at any time and much earlier than
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 16, 2011 - When the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli had a special job to do: capture unique images of the orbital outpost with the Shuttle and
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 16, 2011 - Space program employees, media and several hundred thousand spectators held their breath in rapt attention as the minutes ticked down to launch - then space shuttle Endeavour's main engines ignited
Laurel MD (SPX) Jun 16, 2011 - Devising ways to explore space in tight fiscal times tops the agenda of the 9th International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, set for June 21-23, 2011, at the Johns Hopkins University App
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2011 - We woke up to find a cloudless sky and no wind. This is a rare sight in Marambio, and we quickly got to work. The morning excursion was to make sure that the spacesuit had survived the long trip fro
Kennedy Space Center FL (NASA) Jun 16, 2011 - Water - it's essential for life. When future space explorers venture beyond low Earth orbit, their only water supply will be on board their spacecraft. During the final space shuttle flight, NASA sc
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 16, 2011 - Boeing on May 19 completed the Delta System Definition Review (SDR) of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 space capsule design. The milestone follows NASA's award of a Commercial Crew
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 16, 2011 - The Spaceport's Final Assembly Building has welcomed its fourth Ariane 5 of 2011 as preparations in French Guiana advance for Arianespace's upcoming mission with the ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 16, 2011 - Russia's Mission Control has adjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by raising it 19.2 kilometers (11.9 miles) to 364.6 km (226.5 miles), a spokesman for the Mission Control sai
Tehran (AFP) June 16, 2011 - Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday.
Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2011 - NASA says it plans to spend about a half-billion dollars to refill the pension fund of a contractor who supplied workers to the U.S. space shuttle program.
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (UPI) Jun 15, 2011 - The tanking test for the space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tanks began Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Tokyo (AFP) June 15, 2011 - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa has tweeted from the International Space Station that he suffers from travel sickness in space.
