Washington (AFP) Jan 20, 2011 - Despite budget uncertainties, NASA on Thursday announced plans to send the space shuttle Atlantis on the final mission of the US program June 28, after which the famed fleet will be retired.
Houston (UPI) Jan 20, 2011 - NASA says it has chosen a replacement for an injured member of the crew of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, set to launch next month.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 20, 2011 - NASA selected astronaut Steve Bowen as a mission specialist on STS-133, the next space shuttle mission targeted for launch on Feb. 24. Bowen replaces astronaut Tim Kopra, who was injured in a bicycl
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 19, 2011 - Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Jan. 21 to complete installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, i
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 19, 2011 - Bad weather delayed Wednesday the launch of a Japan space agency mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 19, 2011 - Plants are fundamental to life on Earth, converting light and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen. Plant growth may be an important part of human survival in exploring space, as well. Gardenin
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 - NASA and other global space agencies have challenged 3,700 students in 25 cities around the world to train like an astronaut, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 - Continuing a 28-year relationship marked by 25 launch campaigns, Eutelsat Communications and Arianespace have announced they have concluded a new contract for a satellite launch in the 2012 period.
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 - Special Aerospace Services, a woman-owned aerospace company committed to developing and providing innovative aerospace solutions to the aerospace industry, U.S. government agencies, Department of De
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 17, 2011 - STS-133 Mission Specialist Tim Kopra was injured Saturday in a bicycle accident, but he will be OK. However, there could be an impact to his duties for shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the Int
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 17, 2011 - ATV-2 is almost ready for launch on 15 February from Europe's Spaceport. It will be the heaviest load ever lofted into space by the Ariane 5 rocket, making the 200th flight of the European launcher
Baltimore, Ohio (UPI) Jan 17, 2011 - NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft, approaching the edge of the solar system, are still operating and sending back data 33 years after their launch, scientists say.
Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2011 - A freeze-dried beef pot roast, the business card of the first man to walk on the moon, and a Playboy calendar that rode to space in 1969 are among a mishmash of old space items on US auction this week.
Taipei (AFP) Jan 14, 2011 - A face-recognising vending machine developed in Taiwan is able to offer hair-growing tonic to balding men and razors to people with beards, one of the inventors said Friday.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jan 14, 2011 - Delays in the space shuttle Discovery's mission for repairs to its fuel tank raise doubts about an extra shuttle mission this year, U.S. officials say.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jan 14, 2011 - The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for Arianespace's year-opening mission in 2011 - which also will be the milestone 200th flight of an Ariane launcher - is ready for integration on its Ariane 5,
