Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 14, 2011 - The Internet has become not only a tool for disseminating knowledge through scientific publications, but it also has the potential to shape scientific research through expanding the field of metakno
KSC FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2011 - During space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight, the STS-133 crew members will take important spare parts to the International Space Station along with the Express Logistics Carrier-4. Stev
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 11, 2011 - For the second time in less than a month, two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Feb. 16 to install a pair of earthquake and lightning sensing experiments, an
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Feb 11, 2011 - NASA says it is stepping up countdown preparations at Kennedy Space Center for the planned Feb. 24 launch of space shuttle Discovery.
Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2011 - When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin thinks back on his 12-year career, he estimates he must have read to a half million children, sometimes in classrooms, sometimes via videolink from space.
New Orleans LA (SPX) Feb 11, 2011 - The Lockheed Martin Orion team shipped out the first Orion crew module spacecraft structure from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. The spacecraft is headed to Lockheed Marti
Pasadena CA SPX) Feb 11, 2011 - NASA announced this week that the Planetary Society's LightSail-1 solar sail mission is on their short list for upcoming launch opportunities. The missions selected are Cubesats destined for piggyba
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2011 - ATK and Astrium are working together in response to NASA's Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement. The team is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket. This new launch veh
Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2011 - Bearing brown and black scorch marks from its fiery tour in orbit in December, the Dragon spacecraft built by US company SpaceX went on display in the US capital on Thursday.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2011 - Aerojet, a GenCorp company, along with NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation, conducted the acceptance hot-fire test of the second AJ26 flight engine that will power the first stage of Orbital's Tau
Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2011 - Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars have been wasted on everything from doughnuts to rockets, auditors told Congress Thursday as budget-minded lawmakers prepared to slash science funding.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2011 - The Competitive Space Task Force, a coalition of fiscal conservatives and free-market leaders, has unveiled its strategy for creating a free and competitive market for spaceflight and space services
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Feb 9, 2011 - NASA said Wednesday it was checking the space shuttle Discovery for possible damage from a metal tool dropped during repair work at the Florida launch pad.
Geneva (AFP) Feb 9, 2011 - Asia led a recovery in international patent applications last year, as astonishing growth in filings by innovative Chinese companies left US firms by the wayside, the UN patent agency said Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2011 - Inspectors found no damage to the Space Shuttle Discovery or to its external reserve tanks after a thin multi-piece measuring tool fell during repair work, NASA said Thursday.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 09, 2011 - When ATV Johannes Kepler is lofted into space on 15 February, an ESA tracking station on Portugal's Santa Maria island will watch closely, gathering crucial data as Ariane 5 streaks overhead.
