Paris (UPI) Mar 17, 2011 - Europe has formally endorsed the extension of operations at the International Space Station until 2020 and put the required financing in place, officials said.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2011 - At this week's Satellite 2011 conference in Washington, D.C., Arianespace addressed an important hot button issue for the global launch services sector - and underscored its continued leadership a
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2011 - ARSAT has once again selected Arianespace for its commercial launch services - this time to orbit the Argentinean satellite operator's second satellite, Arsat-2. Participating in this week's S
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2011 - ORBCOMM and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) have announced plans to carry the first two ORBCOMM next-generation OG2 satellites to orbit on the next Falcon 9 launch this year. Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2011 - Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A are resuming processing operations today in preparation for space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming launch. This morning, NASA and United S
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2011 - ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is now half way into his six-month mission on the International Space Station. Monday's handover of command heralds the departure of three crewmembers and the arrival of
Moscow March 16, 2011 - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday, successfully testing a new digital control system, space officials said.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 16, 2011 - We are regularly warned on emergency speakers that an upcoming alarm signal is only a test. It's a necessary precaution to prevent panic. Some members of community need a similar heads-up about anot
Hong Kong (AFP) March 15, 2011 - Japan's nuclear crisis has sparked panic buying of iodine pills, with online bids exceeding $500 for one packet, but health experts hosed down the hysteria and warned the pills are of limited use.
Geneva (AFP) March 15, 2011 - The UN weather agency said Tuesday that winds are currently blowing radioactive material towards the ocean, and that there were no implications for Japan or countries nearby.
Moscow (AFP) March 15, 2011 - The US space agency has renewed a contract to use Russian spaceships to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) up to 2016, the Russian space agency said Tuesday.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 15, 2011 - The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's second launch of 2011 is now in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, where it will be fitted with the dual payload of Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 14, 2011 - The Russkiy Mir foundation will next week name a park avenue in the U.S. city of Houston after the first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. To mark the 50th anniversary of the histor
Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2011 - Russia is delaying the planned launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on March 30 due to a technical problem with the spacecraft, space agency Roskosmos said Monday.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 14, 2011 - After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming flight to the International S
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2011 - NASA is seeking partner organizations to manage the agency's upcoming Night Rover and Nano-Satellite Launcher Centennial Challenges. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technolog
