Boulder, CO (SPX) Mar 2, 2011 - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will send three scientists as payload specialists aboard eight suborbital flights - some to altitudes greater than 350,000 feet, above the internationally recogni
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 2, 2011 - The 45th Space Wing is set to launch an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 on March 4, 2011. The rocket will carry an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV).
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2011 - Virgin Galactic has signed the first commercial contracts to fly scientists into space for the purpose of conducting research experiments. Virgin Galactic's signed contract with the Southwest Resear
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 2, 2011 - A Shakespeare-reciting robot, the world's most merciless alarm clock and intelligent cocktail shakers were among the gadgets wowing visitors at the CeBIT high-tech fair on Wednesday.
Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2011 - Three University of Central Florida undergraduate students are getting the opportunity of a lifetime - building an experiment that is scheduled to launch into space in late 2011 or 2012. It w
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2011 - It may seem illogical, but boiling is a very efficient way to cool engineering components and systems used in the extreme environments of space. An experiment to gain a basic understanding of
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2011 - Three scientists, including a former NASA executive, will become some of the first scientists to fly on a commercial spacecraft - and they will fly multiple times - under the terms of two funded agr
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 1, 2011 - Always window-shopping but never stopping to buy? In the future you can do both with new technology allowing you to point through the window at items and buy them with a swish of your hand.
Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2011 - At the commencement of the 2011 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) being held in Orlando, Florida, XCOR Aerospace announced its initial team of suborbital payload integration s
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2011 - A plan for Russia's Soyuz capsule to fly around the International Space Station and take pictures of the US shuttle Discovery and other global spacecraft was deemed too risky, NASA said Tuesday.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2011 - A space elevator is a concept that promises to permit launching spacecraft into orbit without the use of a launch vehicle. In theory, it is a structure that can transport objects from the Earth's su
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 28, 2011 - Place a soda can on the floor in an upright position and then stand on it - gradually applying weight - until the can ripples and collapses. It's similar to what a team of NASA engineers will
Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2011 - Two US astronauts on Monday wrapped up the first spacewalk of the Discovery shuttle mission at the International Space Station after a robotic arm breakdown left one of them stranded for almost 20 minutes.
Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2011 - Two American astronauts on Monday began the first of two spacewalks at the International Space Station in order to install a permanent module onto the orbiting lab, NASA said.
Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2011 - Two American astronauts began on Monday the first of two spacewalks to install a permanent spare closet on the orbiting International Space Station and also to bottle some outer space for Japan.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Feb 28, 2011 - The 6 1/2-hour spacewalk two U.S. astronauts are to make outside the International Space Station Monday includes the job of putting away a failed coolant pump.
