Oberhausen, Germany (SPX) Dec 15, 2010 - The exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System' will end on 30 December 2010. It has been the most successful exhibition held at the Gasometer in Oberhausen by far. The exhibi
Tehran, Iran (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 - Iran plans to construct its second spaceport, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour said on Sunday. At present, there is only one space launch base in the country..
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 - Boeing has submitted its proposal for the second round of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Boeing plans to advance the design of its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 14, 2010 - Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. In small clinics, however - and still more on spacecraft - trained radiologists are rare. So ESA i
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Waleed Abdalati the agency's chief scientist, effective Jan. 3. Abdalati will serve as the principal adviser to the NASA administrator on agency science p
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 13, 2010 - Last Wednesday, at 18:55 GMT, a space capsule opened the typical orange-and-white landing parachutes above the Pacific, 500 miles off the coast of Mexico. But there was nothing else typical about th
Brasilia (AFP) Dec 12, 2010 - Brazil on Sunday successfully launched a midsized unmanned rocket into space, with hundreds of kilograms (pounds) in cargo and experiments in tow, space officials here said.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 10, 2010 - Less than three years after obtaining college degrees, a group of early-career employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., can now add rocket launch to their resumes. Re
Bratislava, Slovakia (SPX) Dec 10, 2010 - Scientists are reporting discovery of the biological secrets that enable plants growing near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to adapt and flourish in highly radioactive soil - legacy of the 1986 n
Moscow (UPI) Dec 10, 2010 - Russia's loss of three satellites during launch this week was caused by an off-course booster rocket that had been given too much fuel, officials said.
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 10, 2010 - ESA's experimental ship detector on the International Space Station has pinpointed more than 60 000 ocean-going vessels so far. It has been able to follow the routes of individual ships for months a
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 09, 2010 - Commander Scott Kelly sent down congratulations to the SpaceX team after Mission Control informed him of the Falcon 9's successful launch into orbit Wednesday morning. This was the first demonstrati
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 9, 2010 - South Africa unveiled its national space agency on Thursday, aiming to become a leader in earth observation technology across the continent in 10 years, the minister of science and technology said.
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2010 - American company SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched a space capsule into orbit, marking the first such attempt by a private enterprise that could pave the way for the future of space travel.
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2010 - In a major test for the future of space flight, an American company tries to launch its first space capsule into orbit and back Wednesday as NASA looks to end its shuttle program next year.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 8, 2010 - NASA says it has discovered it's been selling computers used in the space shuttle program without ensuring they've been wiped of sensitive data.
