Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 04, 2011 - The unmanned space module Tiangong-1 that China plans to launch this year will be sent into space by a modified Long March II-F carrier rocket, an expert told Xinhua Thursday. The 8.5-tonne Ti
Washington (AFP) March 4, 2011 - A NASA satellite that aimed to study the impact of aerosols on climate plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, delivering a $424-million blow to the US space agency.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2011 - Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held ahearing to discuss the Administration's FY 2012 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with Ch
Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 04, 2011 - China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna
Washington (AFP) March 4, 2011 - The US space agency on Friday extended the shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station by another day, adding a total of two days to the shuttle's final mission before retirement.
Beijing (AFP) March 4, 2011 - China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press said Friday.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 03, 2011 - Russia lacks carrier rockets to carry out all space launches scheduled for 2011, the head of the Roscosmos space agency said on Wednesday. We have a number of spacecraft that should be launch
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2011 - US President Barack Obama made a phone call to the 12 astronauts at the orbiting International Space Station on Thursday to tell them he was proud of them.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 3, 2011 - Since 2010, this author has pursued the story that China was planning four missions to land on the Moon this decade. The idea was a big change from our earlier understanding of China's Moon plans, w
Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 03, 2011 - China is likely to launch its first probe to explore the surface of Mars in 2013, a chief scientist said here Wednesday. Mars is the first choice for mankind's interplanetary explorations as
Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - After nine years in a clean room, an instrument that studies the Earth's atmosphere and protective ozone layer has been returned to service. NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 - Spacewalker Alvin Drew installed a light on the Crew Equipment Translation Aid cart and affixed insulation to a valve module fluid line on a left hand truss segment radiator beam. Spacewalker
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 2, 2011 - A do-it-yourself technology space competition sponsored by NASA's Emerging Commercialization Space Office (ECSO) has kicked off. Make Magazine, a do-it-yourself publication for technology, is partne
Washington (AFP) March 2, 2011 - NASA's chief said Wednesday that America must be unafraid of a new future in spaceflight and vowed full confidence that private business can come up with a solution to replace the space shuttle.
Washington (AFP) March 2, 2011 - Two US astronauts on Wednesday stepped out on the second and final spacewalk of the Discovery shuttle mission at the International Space Station to work on repairs at the orbiting lab.
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2011 - After a flawless launch last Thursday and a textbook docking on Saturday, the Space Shuttle has delivered the European-built Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module to the International Space Station
