Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 22, 2010 - The repercussions of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's controversial tour of China continue to circulate, both in the media and in less public circles. Regardless of how we judge this, the fact th
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 21, 2010 - The Hylas-1 telecommunications satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Its next journey will be to space, on an Ariane 5 launcher towards its operational orbit nearly 36 000 km
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 21, 2010 - Europe's vision for launching astronauts and robot explorers out into the Solar System will come into sharper focus on 21 October when the ministers responsible for space activities meet in Brussels
Moscow (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 - The price of food rations on board the International Space Station (ISS) has increased by nearly 50 percent over the past year due to inflation, a Russian official said on Thursday.
KSC FL (SPX) Oct 21, 2010 - Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun preparations to replace two seals for a fuel line, which had been leaking, for shuttle Discovery's orbital maneuvering system engines
Moffett Field, CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2010 - For years, NASA has been developing technology to establish long term human presence in space. As part of this ongoing effort, NASA developed a closed-loop system that recycles urine and gray water
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 21, 2010 - Partners in the International Space Station programme have agreed on a new standard for docking systems, which will be capable also of implementing berthing. The agreement allows a range of compatib
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Oct 19, 2010 - Workers at the Kennedy Space Center are working to stop a leak on the Discovery space shuttle that could affect its scheduled Nov. 1 launch, NASA says.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2010 - NASA selected 215 proposals for negotiation of Phase II contract awards in the Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR. The selected projects have a total value of approximately $129 million. NASA will award the contracts to 162 small high technology firms in 35 states.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 - The recent visit of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to China has generated a high level of attention and controversy. Relations between the USA and China are not exactly cordial at the moment, for a variety of reasons. The problems are so acute that high-placed voices in the USA have questioned if Bolden should even visit China at all, let alone try to forge any links.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 - Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system for docking and capturing space satellites based on robotics and computer vision technology to autonomously guide a space vehicle to dock and capture the satellites.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 - International Launch Services (ILS) successfully carried the XM-5 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for SIRIUS XM Radio, America's satellite radio company. This was the 6th commercial mission of the year for ILS and the 9th successful Proton launch of 2010. This is the 5th ILS Proton launch for SIRIUS XM Radio beginning with the first launch in 2000.
Baikonur Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 15, 2010 - Final launcher integration is now underway for next week's Soyuz 2 mission, which will orbit six Globalstar second-generation satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2010 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne received a $60.3 million contract from NASA to provide continued Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) pre-launch, launch and post-launch support through March 31, 2011.
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 13, 2010 - In Latin magistra means 'female teacher', and now Europe's third long-duration astronaut mission to the International Space Station will carry almost the same name: MagISStra.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 13, 2010 - The implementation of the project to build the first space hotel will only start after a contract between Russian state-owned rocket and space corporation Energia and Moscow-based company Orbital Technologies is signed, the Energia head said.
