Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2009 - NASA has given the green light for the space shuttle Atlantis mission to launch on November 16 carrying six astronauts to the International Space Station.
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 29, 2009 - ESA's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) and Proba-2 (PRoject for OnBoard Autonomy) satellites are scheduled for launch on Monday 2 November at 02:50 CET on a Russian Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 - NASA took a tentative first step towards returning astronauts to the Moon on Wednesday with the successful launch of a new generation space rocket.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 28, 2009 - Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has been approved for its October 29 liftoff following the launch readiness review, performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 - NASA successfully launched Wednesday the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 - The Ares I-X flight test vehicle is poised on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B and is ready to fly. The launch team reports no issues with the 327-foot rocket, the world's largest at present.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 - Weather delays Tuesday forced NASA to postpone by 24 hours the launch of a prototype rocket designed to return astronauts to the Moon, and perhaps one day to Mars.
Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 - The US space agency began the countdown Tuesday for the test launch of a rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle fleet and one day take astronauts to the Moon and Mars.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's October 29 mission is now complete following the installation of its second payload - the NSS-12 satellite for telecommunications operator SES WORLD SKIES.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 - In response to a Launchspace request for comments, we have a guest commentary by Phil Henderson, Space Systems Engineer, Palm Bay, Florida: Exploration of Mars is a worthy goal, but it should not be the only goal. In fact, it alone could become like Kennedy's original moon goal and once completed, it becomes been there, done that.
Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 - I think that the US Space Program needs very much to liberate itself from the heritage of the STS, first of all from SRB and from huge LOX/LH2 tanks. Dry mass of such tank of ARES 5, including 6 engines RS 68, amounts at least 65.000 kg and such dead mass will receive almost orbital velocity which constitutes a big loss of the fuel.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 - NASA has delayed until Wednesday attempts to test a prototype rocket designed to return astronauts to the Moon, and perhaps one day send them to Mars.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Oct 26, 2009 - The U.S. space agency opened a new building Monday at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, calling it NASA's most environmentally friendly structure.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2009 - A NASA App for the iPhone and iPod touch is available free of charge at the App Store from Apple. The NASA application will deliver a wealth of information, videos, images and news updates about NASA missions to people's fingertips.
Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2009 - NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.
La Paz (AFP) Oct 23, 2009 - Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding Friday with Chinese officials for the construction and launch of a communications satellite.
