Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - NASA should develop a broad, integrated strategy to contain costs and maintain schedules as earth and space science missions are planned and designed, says a new report by the National Research Council. The report also calls on NASA, Congress, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consistently use the same method to quantify and track costs.
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - In Feberuary 2006 a huge move took place that would launch the United Arab Emirates into the private spaceflight industry. On that day in the beginning of a new year, a company known as Space Adventures announced its plans to build a $265 Million spaceport in the warm desert of Ras Al-Khaimah in a joint ventures with an Emirati known as Prodea Systems.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 - NASA has selected nine experiments, designed by students at seven schools, for astronauts to perform on the International Space Station this summer. NASA selected the proposals from among 132 received for the new Kids in Micro-g! Program.
Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2010 - A spacecraft bound for Jupiter will get a suit of armor to protect it from the fiercest radiation any space probe has ever encountered, NASA officials say.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 12, 2010 - International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the EchoStar XV satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton for DISH Network. EchoStar Satellite Services manages DISH Network's space programs and will begin in-orbit testing of the satellite later this month.
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 12, 2010 - At the end of June, ESA's six astronaut candidates were thrown out of a helicopter, left to drift at sea and abandoned under the hot Mediterranean sun - but luckily they were well-trained and under supervision.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (XNA) Jul 12, 2010 - The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) said on Thursday China plays a large role in providing technical support to national and regional organizations that they will have access to and use space-based information to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 12, 2010 - Japan's space agency JAXA confirmed on Saturday that its experimental spacecraft IKAROS started to accelerate after unfurling its kite-like solar sail, proving that the new fuel-saving propulsion technique is no science fiction.
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Jul 12, 2010 - Chinese spaceships meet all safety requirements and could fly to the International Space Station, Russian space officials said Thursday.
Jerusalem (UPI) Jul 9, 2010 - Israel plans to invest $77.5 million over five years to jump-start a space program that officials say could become a $10 billion civilian space industry.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 09, 2010 - The Nilesat-201 and RASCOM-QAF1R satellite passengers for Arianespace's third heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA launch of 2010 have begun final checkout in preparation for their planned August 3 liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 09, 2010 - NASA and its international partners, the Russia Federal Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have assigned four new International Space Station crews.
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 - Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to undertake initial development studies for a Next Generation Launcher (NGL) for future satellite launches. This 15 month project has a total contractual value of euros 8.5 million, of which Astrium will contribute euros 1.5m of its own funds.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 - Preparations are under way for the testing of NASA's next-generation, five-segment solid rocket development motor - DM-2 - in September. The test is designed to advance the understanding, safety, technology and capability of solid rocket motors.
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2010 - Elon Musk, the Web entrepreneur behind PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, published a lengthy account of his messy divorce proceedings on Thursday, saying he wanted to correct the record.
New Orleans LA (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 - Commemorating 37 years of successful tank deliveries, NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company will hold a ceremony on Thursday, July 8, at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to rollout the final external tank for the last space shuttle flight.
