Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2009 - The test launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket, which had been scheduled for 2011, have been put back by one year due to lack of financing, space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 - The 30th anniversary of Ariane's first flight was celebrated in Washington, D.C., where Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall underscored the importance of launch services maturity and continuity in today's competitive marketplace.
Moscow, India (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2009 - Russia will launch four manned and six cargo supply missions to the International Space Station in 2010, space agency Roscosmos said on Friday.
Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 - The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous roar, and the spacecraft rose off the launch pad.
Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Dec 7, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says its Earth science research and educational programs are in Copenhagen, Denmark, for this week's U.N. climate change conference.
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 7, 2009 - Richard Branson unveiled his Virgin Galactic spaceliner for tourists willing to pay 200,000 dollars a ticket Monday for a trip into the weightlessness of space in a craft designed to make the perilous return home like a giant shuttle cock.
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 6, 2009 - British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars.
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2009 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for a group of NASA astronauts and personnel at its corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
Auckland NZ (NZPA) Dec 03, 2009 - The battery powering a lost New Zealand rocket's connection to its tracking satellite died about 2pm today, its owner says. A fisherman yesterday found the first stage booster from Atea-1, the first rocket from New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab, which was launched from Great Mercury Island off the Coromandel Peninsula on Monday afternoon.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 3, 2009 - US astronaut Timothy Creamer said on Thursday he was impatient to taste space sushi courtesy of his Japanese crewmate after they arrive on the International Space Station (ISS) later this month.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 03, 2009 - Arianespace's wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its liftoff next week with France's Helios 2B military observation satellite.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2009 - As of Dec. 1, four Painted Lady butterflies are living aboard the International Space Station. These butterflynauts are part of an educational experiment that was launched Nov. 16 on space shuttle Atlantis and transferred to the Space Station. Students of all ages have been following the tiny crew's development from larvae to butterflies.
Houston (UPI) Dec 3, 2009 - NASA says it's offering U.S. community and junior college students an opportunity to participate in a pilot, semester-long scholars program.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009 - The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 3, 2009 - NASA says Kennedy Space Center technicians are testing space shuttle Endeavour's systems, preparing for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2009 - As the International Space Station's smaller, two-person, Expedition 22 crew enjoyed its first full day alone in orbit, Mission Control monitored a small piece of space junk until tracking updates showed it would not come close enough to require precautions.
