Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2011 - It's a long way from the segregated south to low Earth orbit. But I am fortunate to have made the journey and to have had many opportunities to serve my nation in a 34-year career with the U.S. Mari
Paris (AFP) Feb 8, 2011 - European technology firm Astrium is teaming up with US company Alliant to make a low-cost space rocket launcher that could one day take tourists into orbit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2011 - Two Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station are preparing to conduct a spacewalk on February 16, mission control said on Monday. Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka, both
Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2011 - Senior Pentagon officials are sounding concern over China's development of weapons designed to shoot down satellites or jam communication signals.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2011 - The US Air Force's X-37B spaceplane has generated a lot of attention and suspicion, even before the vehicle blasted off on its maiden voyage in April 2010. Conspiracy theorists would have us believe
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 07, 2011 - NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will resume training as commander of the STS-134 space shuttle mission on Monday, Feb. 7. With the exception of some proficiency training, Kelly has been on personal leave
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2011 - A Minotaur I rocket was launched from Space Launch Complex-8 here at 4:26 a.m. (PST) Feb. 6. The rocket carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Col. R
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2011 - The International Space Station partner agencies met Thursday, Feb. 3, by videoconference to discuss coordinating the increased use of the space station as a research laboratory. The agencies want t
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2011 - The astronaut husband of wounded US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said Friday he will lead the final mission of the space shuttle Endeavour in April and plans to resume training next week.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 04, 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
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2011 - The astronaut husband of wounded US lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords plans to announce at a Friday press conference in Houston whether he will return to space at the helm of the shuttle Endeavour next month.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2011 - NASA began flight-testing experimental lifting bodies at Edwards in the 1960s, following evolution of the concept earlier in the 1950s. A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift at the expens
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 04, 2011 - ESA's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle is ready for launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, 15 February at 22:08 GMT from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The unmanned spa
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Feb 3, 2011 - A report in a U.S. journal says there are possible biological hazards and risks of genetic damage from unchecked proliferation of wireless technologies.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 03, 2011 - It's a calm and peaceful night. Stars twinkle in the velvety darkness overhead as a distant plane blinks silently on the horizon. You could almost hear a pin drop. That is, until the flare.
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2011 - The US government said Wednesday it plans to limit the amount of perchlorate, a chemical found in rocket fuel, explosives and bleach, that is present in the drinking water of millions of Americans.
