Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2010 - One of the more counterintuitive aspects of the PLRP is the participation of astronauts in the project. NASA astronaut Mike Gernhardt has been a DeepWorker pilot at Pavilion Lake since 2008; this year he was joined by NASA astronaut Stan Love and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, both here for the first time.
Moscow (AFP) July 21, 2010 - Elderly US astronauts reunited with their Soviet-era counterparts in Moscow on Wednesday to mark the 35th anniversary of their epic handshake in space in 1975 at the height of the Cold War.
Mojave, Calif. (UPI) Jul 21, 2010 - A private spaceship built to take space tourists on a suborbital thrill ride could be flying on its own by this fall, its builders say.
Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jul 21, 2010 - Alain Charmeau, CEO of Astrium Space Transportation, Michael Menking, Director of Orbital Systems at Astrium Space Transportation and Simonetta di Pippo, ESA Director for Human Space Flight, have signed a euros 35M contract for the full development of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) for the International Space Station (ISS).
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2010 - Boeing released artist's renderings of its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft during a media briefing with Bigelow Aerospace at the Farnborough Airshow.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 20, 2010 - U.S. NASA does not have capacities to build an asteroid mission spacecraft by 2015, the head of Roscosmos' manned flights department, Alexei Krasnov, said in the wake of NASA's announcement to create the spacecraft for deep space missions.
Seattle (UPI) Jul 20, 2010 - U.S. company Boeing says it is accelerating plans for a capsule-based spaceship to carry people to the ISS space station and future private space stations.
NASA has awarded a Crew Robotics Avionics and Vehicle Equipment (CRAVE) contract to Wyle for engineering services at Johnson Space Center.
Edwards AFB CA (AFNS) Jul 19, 2010 - Air Force Research Laboratory scientists here returned to the organization's roots with their latest rocket test recently. AFRL technicians have tested rockets of all sizes and fuels of all make-ups for years. What makes this latest test unique is that all components of the test were developed at the laboratory by AFRL employees.
Moscow (AFP) July 19, 2010 - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday Russia would earmark 800 million dollars to kick off the construction of a new cosmodrome to ease its dependence on a Soviet-era launch site in Kazakhstan.
New York (UPI) Jul 19, 2010 - Two inventors, one American and one Russian, unveiled their design for a commercial spacesuit in New York, officials said.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010 - Test launches of Russia's new booster rocket, the Angara, are to start in 2013, the rocket designer said on Thursday.
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2010 - A key Senate panel approved Thursday a 2011 budget proposal for the US space agency NASA that would extend the space shuttle program in a compromise from the Obama administration's demands.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2010 - Most of us take it for granted today that American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts live and work together in Earth orbit. They've been doing it for years, first in the Shuttle-Mir program, and now on the International Space Station.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - NASA announced three new Centennial Challenges Tuesday, with an overall prize purse of $5 million. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - Sea Launch Company, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has entered into an agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), for the launch of an AsiaSat satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit, on the Sea Launch system.
