Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2010 - The hatches between the International Space Station and its new Russian Rassvet module were opened for the first time at 5:52 a.m. CDT Thursday.
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2010 - Two US astronauts completed their final spacewalk Friday at the International Space Station, replacing batteries before heading home.
Long Beach CA (SPX) May 20, 2010 - Sea Launch Company LLC, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has filed a Plan of Reorganization (the Plan) with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, in preparation for its emergence from Chapter 11. Sea Launch filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on June 22, 2009.
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2010 - NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is delivering science experiments and a new Russian laboratory to the International Space Station, continuing the transition from station assembly to continuous scientific research through the end of the decade.
Houston TX (SPX) May 20, 2010 - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts Steve Bowen and Michael Good changed out four of the six 375-pound batteries on the International Space Station's port 6 truss during a 7-hour, 9-minute spacewalk Wednesday, getting a leg up on a major mission priority.
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2010 - If I didn't know better I'd swear that NASA took many leaves out of Ray Kroc's book when they built the monolithic government agency that they have become. For those of you unfamiliar, Kroc was the entrepreneurial genius who took a couple of hamburger restaurants in California and turned them into the largest restaurant chain on this planet, McDonald's.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 19, 2010 - Arianespace's next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission is scheduled for this Friday, May 21, carrying a mixed payload of commercial and military telecommunications satellites.
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2010 - One flip of a bit in the memory of an onboard computer appears to have caused the change in the science data pattern returning from Voyager 2, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday, May 17. A value in a single memory location was changed from a 0 to a 1.
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 19, 2010 - Astronauts are known to have a higher risk of getting sick compared to their Earth-bound peers. The stresses that go with weightlessness, confined crew quarters, being away from family and friends and a busy work schedule - all the while not getting enough sleep - are known to wreak havoc on the immune system.
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) May 19, 2010 - Russia and the United States may soon reach an agreement on the joint development of new engines for spacecraft designed for exploration of deep space, a Russian deputy prime minister said.
Houston TX (SPX) May 19, 2010 - Today, the crew focused on the addition of the Russian Mini-Research Module-1 (MRM-1) to the International Space Station. The module, named Rassvet, Russian for dawn, docked to the Earth-facing port on the Zarya module at 8:20 a.m. EDT.
Washington (AFP) May 19, 2010 - US astronauts on Wednesday completed the second of three planned spacewalks from the shuttle Atlantis on its rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Houston (UPI) May 18, 2010 - NASA says it has selected 17 projects for reduced-gravity flights to discover if emerging technologies can perform in reduced or zero-gravity environments.
The Plains VA (SPX) May 18, 2010 - A team from Penn Manor High School in Millersville, Penn., took first place at the Eighth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) Saturday, earning the title of national champion.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 18, 2010 - The first Soyuz to be operated from the Spaceport as part of Arianespace's growing launcher family is ready for its next integration phase, which will involve mating of the Block I third stage with the vehicle's already-assembled first and second stages.
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain (SPX) May 18, 2010 - The 2010 Space Propulsion Congress brought together some 500 international experts in aerospace propulsion systems in the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastián. The latest technological advances were made known, including those that will make reaching Mars possible in the future as well as other planets such as Mercury.
