Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - The University of Central Florida is hosting a town hall meeting on Thursday, March 31, about NASA's planetary missions in the next decade. The public meeting is sponsored by the National Rese
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - ILS International Launch Services (ILS), citing the recurring subsidies provided to its primary competitor, Arianespace, is waging an aggressive protest and intends to pursue all avenues of recours
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - On March 23, NASA put the squeeze on a large rocket test section. Results from this structural strength test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will help future heavy-lift l
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - Arianespace is maintaining the mission pace with its heavy-lift and medium-weight vehicles as two Ariane 5 flights are being readied at the Spaceport in French Guiana, with a Soyuz campaign also und
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2011 - Recent research aboard the space shuttle is giving scientists a better understanding of how infectious disease occurs in space and could someday improve astronaut health and provide novel treatments
Mojave CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2011 - United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace have announced their successful hot-fire demonstrations of a lighter-weight, lower-cost approach to liquid-fueled rocket-engine vacuum nozzles. The ne
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 22, 2011 - Forging a new path forward to ensure safe, affordable and sustainable human exploration beyond low Earth orbit, Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first Orion spacecraft and a spacious state-of-the-ar
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Mar 22, 2011 - NASA's Stennis Space Center is moving ahead in supporting Orbital Sciences Corporation testing of Aerojet's AJ26 engines for commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station. Orbita
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 22, 2011 - Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has approved the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 piloted spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 5. The launch was originally scheduled
Grand Forks ND (SPX) Mar 21, 2011 - University of North Dakota aerospace engineer and researcher Pablo de Leon is part of a unique mission to test a UND planetary exploration suit - the NDX-1 - at a remote military base in Antarctica.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 21, 2011 - It's easy for a space enthusiast to feel depressed right now. The end of the Shuttle program is nigh. NASA seems neglected and directionless. Budgetary issues threaten spaceflight globally. Bu
Moscow (AFP) March 21, 2011 - Russia said Friday it had solved the problem that caused it to delay the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station and would proceed with the mission on April 5.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2011 - Astronaut Cady Coleman took time during an interview with reporters to play her flute onboard the International Space Station. I play the flute on the ground and it's one of the things I love
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2011 - The launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft carrying members of a new crew to the International Space Station has been tentatively scheduled for April 5, a source at the Baikonur Space Center said on
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 18, 2011 - Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin, has announced that it has been chosen by DigitalGlobe to launch that company's next-generation, high-res
Reston VA (SPX) Mar 18, 2011 - International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have announced the launch of SES-6 in 2013 on ILS Proton. SES-6 is the sixth mission under the SES Multi Launch Agreement (MLA) signed in June 2007 betwee
