Moscow (AFP) April 22, 2011 - Russian or Soviet cosmonauts never had sex in space in the 50 years of human exploration of the cosmos. And that's official, according to a Russian expert. As for Americans, well, you'd better ask them.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:24 p.m. PDT on April 14th. Designated NROL-34
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - Arianespace's second heavy-lift flight of 2011 has been authorized for its April 22 liftoff following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana. Originally scheduled for li
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - For the second time, an attempt to take a photograph of a Space Shuttle docked with the International Space Station has been thwarted. Russia has again declined to undock a Soyuz spacecraft for a ph
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2011 - Iran plans to launch a monkey into space in mid-September, the ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing Iranian Space Agency head Hamid Fazeli. The monkey will be sent into orbit in a capsul
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - A rotating device developed by NASA inventors to grow better living tissue specimens was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame Thursday, April 14. The Space Foundation honored the NASA tea
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - NASA managers announced that space shuttle Endeavour is ready to launch next week on its final flight to the International Space Station following a daylong Flight Readiness Review on Tuesday. Endea
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 20, 2011 - ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori and the five other astronauts of the STS-134 mission will be launched to the International Space Station on Space Shuttle Endeavour on 29 April to deliver a pioneering
Washington (AFP) April 20, 2011 - US President Barack Obama plans to attend the April 29 launch of the space shuttle Endeavour from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, a White House official said Wednesday.
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - Ten years ago, Canadarm2 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. A larger, more robust successor to the Shuttle's Canadarm, Canadarm2 has provided a
Washington (AFP) April 19, 2011 - The US space agency on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch the shuttle Endeavour on its final mission to the International Space Station on April 29.
New Delhi, Inida (RIA Novosti) Apr 19, 2011 - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday began a 54-hour countdown for the launch of three satellites, an ISRO press secretary said. Remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, as w
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2011 - NASA has awarded four Space Act Agreements in the second round of the agency's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort. Each company will receive between $22 million and $92.3 million to advance
Denver CO (SPX) Apr 19, 2011 - Following months of short-term, stop-gap funding for NASA, Lockheed Martin welcomes final passage of the FY 2011 budget by the Congress, which has been sent forward for President Obama's signature.
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2011 - NASA on Monday announced it has awarded nearly 270 million dollars to four companies, including Boeing and SpaceX, to help their pursuit of making a spacecraft to replace the US space shuttle.
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 18, 2011 - ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori is set to fly on the next Space Shuttle mission in late April to deliver the large Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer science payload to the International Space Station. Dedic
