Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 04, 2010 - Russia launched on Wednesday a Progress cargo spaceship on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2010 - The White House has released a summary of the President's FY11 Budget Request. House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) offered the following statement:
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2010 - One of the principal tasks of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is research aimed at the protection of the environment. Scientists here develop technologies and concepts to improve our living conditions and to make them more environmentally friendly.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2010 - The Obama Administration plans to cancel NASA's Constellation program that was to take American astronauts back to the Moon. Instead, NASA will oversee a competition among commercial space developers to come up with the technology to reach the stars.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 03, 2010 - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crews continue preparing space shuttle Endeavour and Launch Pad 39A for launch. Primary activity for this afternoon is the pressurization of the shuttle's main propulsion system.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 02, 2010 - Russia is preparing to launch a Progress cargo spaceship on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Monday.
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 - A US decision to scrap plans to return to the moon does not mean it is abandoning its space ambitions, NASA's chief told Congress Tuesday.
Seoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 - Astronauts could soon be eating seaweed soup and spicy, garlic-laden meat dishes after South Korea won approval to send several national dishes into space.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 02, 2010 - Space is a hostile environment for living things, but small organisms on the Expose-E experiment unit outside Europe's Columbus ISS laboratory module have resisted the solar UV radiation, cosmic rays, vacuum and varying temperatures for 18 months. A certain lichen seems to be particularly happy in open space!
Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - A University of Central Florida study aims to reduce the time it takes to prepare the space shuttle for a launch after an attempt has been scrubbed.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it has been awarded a contract by NASA to develop an EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) Space Suit Simulator (S3). Aurora is partnered with Professors Dava Newman and Jeffrey Hoffman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics for this effort.
Manchester, UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2010 - A new exhibition which showcases China's space race and the history of aerospace exploration from ancient China through to the present day will open for the first time in the UK next week at MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry), in association with the Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester.
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 - President Barack Obama's budget proposal to abandon plans to return astronauts to the moon starts a death march for manned US space flight, a leading senator warned Monday.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2010 - The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is issuing the following statement applauding NASA's anticipated announcement of a $6 billion competitive, commercial crew program and welcoming the President's show of support for NASA with his significant planned increase for NASA's overall budget:
Rome, Italy (SPX) Feb 01, 2010 - Today in Rome, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Markus Bertschi, Launcher Programmes Department Head at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed a contract defining Arianespace's support services for the qualification campaign and combined testing of the Vega light launcher.
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 - The United States will remain involved in the International Space Station to 2020 or beyond, the head of the US space agency said as he unveiled President Barack Obama's budget pledge to NASA.
