Washington (AFP) Nov 18, 2010 - The final launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been delayed until at least December 3 so that repairs can be carried out on a hydrogen leak, the US space agency said Thursday.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2010 - In 2011, China will launch Tiangong 1, a small space laboratory. Later that year, China will perform its first docking test in space when the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft docks with Tiangong 1. In
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 18, 2010 - The first Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. for the Space Development and Test Wing of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Syste
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Nov 18, 2010 - There is a new destination on the Internet for would be space travelers. TakeMeToSpace.com is the new place to keep up with the latest space tourism activity. The website provides daily indust
Houston (UPI) Nov 17, 2010 - Crew members on the International Space Station will return to Earth early because of an international summit being held near their landing site, officials say.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 17, 2010 - Germany's first experiment in space robotics has now come to an end. On the evening of 15 November 2010, Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurichikhin and Oleg Skripochka performed a space walk during which
KSC FL (SPX) Nov 16, 2010 - Over the weekend at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians took additional measurements to ensure the best possible alignment of the newly installed ground umbilical c
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Nov 16, 2010 - International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the SkyTerra 1 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for LightSquared of Reston, Virginia. This was the 7th commercial missio
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 16, 2010 - Russia's Soyuz TMA-19 spaceship with a Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronauts on board will return to Earth earlier than planned because of an OSCE summit due on December 1-2 in Astana, a spokesman f
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 16, 2010 - Expedition 25 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Skripochka ended Monday's spacewalk at 4:22 p.m. EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 27 minutes. The primary assembly and maintena
Onchan, UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2010 - Sources in China have confirmed the identity of one of the two female Air Force pilots currently vying to become China's first woman in space. Captain Wang Yaping, 32, a Transport Pilot in the
Melbourne FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2010 - In support of its mission to broaden public awareness of the benefits of space exploration, the Aerospace Research and Engineering Systems Institute is giving the public the opportunity to take the
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2010 - Two Russian cosmonauts will float outside one of the International Space Station's hatchways on Monday to perform a grab bag of spacewalking tasks that outfit the Russian segment for future assembly
Vladivostok (RIA Novosti) Nov 15, 2010 - Russia intends to carry out up to 45 percent of its carrier rocket launches from the Vostochny Space Center, under construction in the Far East, by 2020, the deputy head of Russian Federal Space Age
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2010 - Inspectors have found a fourth crack in support beams on the external fuel tanks of the space shuttle Discovery, whose final flight was delayed because of a hydrogen leak, NASA said late Monday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 15, 2010 - A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Sunday, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roskosmos said.
