Bangalore, India (AFP) April 15, 2010 - Indian space engineers lost contact with a rocket showcasing new indigenously built booster technology on Thursday soon after launch, in a major blow to the country's space ambitions.
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2010 - President Barack Obama will travel to Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, in a bid to soothe critics of his plan to scrap an over-budget Moon launch program and reshape NASA's future.
Beijing (XNA) Apr 14, 2010 - China will push ahead with its lunar exploration program despite the United States' decision to suspend its return to the moon, a senior space exploration scientist has said.
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2010 - Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) might have to do an unscheduled fourth space walk to fix a malfunctioning valve on a newly installed ammonia tank, NASA officials said Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2010 - President Barack Obama visits Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday to deliver a major space policy speech outlining the new future for US space exploration, NASA officials say.
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2010 - The third STS-131 spacewalk ended at 8:38 a.m. EDT, a six-hour, 24-minute outing for Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson.
Washington (AFP) April 13, 2010 - US astronauts on Tuesday completed the third and last space walk of their mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said.
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2010 - Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson configured their tools in the Quest airlock. After a review of spacewalk procedures with other crew members, they are again spending the night in the airlock, its pressure reduced to 10.2 psi. That campout is aimed at reducing the nitrogen in their blood to avoid decompression sickness.
Evry, France (SPX) Apr 13, 2010 - Following the technical difficulties occurring during preparations for Flight 194, Arianespace, in conjunction with its partners in the Ariane 5 program, has decided to set up a Task Force and conduct a Quality Audit.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2010 - U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet met with NASA Administrator, General Charlie Bolden, to urge President Obama to re-evaluate his proposed cancellation of the Constellation program. While expressing support for certain aspects of NASA's funding in the proposed 2011 federal budget, both Senators voiced concern about terminating the Constellation program, which would provide a replacement for the retiring space shuttle fleet.
Toyko (AFP) Apr 12, 2010 - The latest creation by Japanese fashion designer Tae Ashida is truly out of this world - an outfit twinning a blue cardigan and shorts made for astronaut Naoko Yamazaki.
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2010 - Two astronauts from the US shuttle Discovery completed Sunday a second spacewalk as part of efforts to replace a depleted ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station.
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2010 - The space shuttle Discovery's mission was extended by an extra 24 hours for routine heat shield inspections while it is docked with the International Space Station, NASA announced Saturday.
Washington (AFP) April 9, 2010 - Two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery began a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Friday, working on an ammonia tank on the outside of the International Space Station, NASA said.
Washington (UPI) Apr 9, 2010 - NASA hopes to develop long-range technologies so astronauts can travel to Mars, to asteroids and back to the moon, the U.S. space agency's administrator said.
SES WORLD SKIES has announced that the SES-1 satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan onboard an Antonov cargo plane.
