Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 - Two NASA astronauts were readying to undertake a second spacewalk Saturday to complete work on a seven-windowed observation dome aboard the International Space Station.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 12, 2010 - Hundreds of ground crew workers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. have been working since Friday afternoon to keep buildings safe and ensure essential employees are there to support the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) mission and the launch and operation of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Crews continue to work very hard to make sure the Center is ready to return to normal operations once this storm is over.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 - Two NASA astronauts completed the first spacewalk Friday of a mission to install a seven-windowed observation dome aboard the International Space Station.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2010 - SpaceX reportsthat all the flight hardware for the first launch of the Falcon 9 vehicle is now at the SpaceX launch site, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 11, 2010 - NASA launched a first-of-its-kind solar observatory into space Thursday in hopes of expanding scientists' understanding of the sun and its complicated workings.
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 11, 2010 - The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 4:19 p.m. EST to the song Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, played for Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, who fondly remembers the music from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Arlington AFB VA (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - A University of Michigan professor is developing an electric rocket thruster, NanoFET, that uses nanoparticle electric propulsion and enables spacecraft to travel faster and with less propellant than previous technology allowed.
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - In a flight test reminiscent of the early days of the historic X-15 program 50 years earlier, the X-51A Waverider was carried aloft for the first time over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 9 by an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52H Stratofortress.
Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2010 - A collaborative effort between Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and academia resulted in the successful launch of a small rocket using a safe, environmentally friendly propellant.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 - The US space shuttle Endeavour docked on schedule Wednesday with the orbiting International Space Station, NASA announced.
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - With help from Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force is pursuing a Reusable Booster System concept as the potential next step towards a low-cost space access capability.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 10, 2010 - A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the February 12 launch.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 10, 2010 - The Solar Dynamics Observatory and its Atlas V rocket rolled out to the launch pad at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Tuesday morning move sets the stage for a liftoff Wednesday at 10:26 a.m. EST.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2010 - Visible from space, the Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral rears out of the thick, moist air of the Florida swampland like a leviathan from a prehistoric age.
Nairobi (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 - A Dubai-based businessman who has signed up to be a space tourist said Tuesday he planned to fly the flags of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on his out-of-world journey in honour of his childhood in Africa.
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 09, 2010 - Arianespace is laying the groundwork for another busy year with its workhorse Ariane 5, as the first mission of 2010 moves into its second phase of preparations and the follow-on flight's launch vehicle is delivered to French Guiana.
