Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 08, 2009 - A Rokot carrier rocket with two European satellites is being prepared for a November 2 launch from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia, a spokesman for the Khrunichev center said on Tuesday.
Moscow, Beijing (SPX) Oct 08, 2009 - Boeing and Russian aerospace company RSC-Energia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow on Oct. 2 to work together on a future common docking system for advanced space exploration vehicles.
Tehran, Iran (XNA) Oct 08, 2009 - Iran's Aerospace Research Center official announced on Tuesday that the country will launch its research rocket called Kavoshgar (Explorer) into space by the end of March 2010, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 07, 2009 - In the early years of the space race (1957-1975) two men sought to test a scientifically simple yet culturally complicated theory: that women might be innately better suited for space travel than men. In 1960 the thought of a woman in space was a radical one, and justifiably so. On the ground 75% of American women did not work outside the home and females were banned from military flight service altogether.
Orlando, Florida (AFP) Oct 7, 2009 - A US judge Wednesday refused to throw out charges against an ex-NASA astronaut who allegedly drove across the country wearing diapers to confront her suspected rival in a love triangle.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 07, 2009 - Russia plans to launch a cargo spaceship to the International Space Station from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 15, a Mission Control official said on Tuesday.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2009 - After a weekend of handover, orientation and cargo transfer, the nine crew members aboard the International Space Station continued their joint work Monday.
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2009 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has announced a second user conference for its commercial product DragonLab, a free-flying, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads to and from orbit. The event will focus on the needs of European users and take place on October 29th, 2009, in Haarlem, Netherlands.
McGregor TX (SPX) Oct 6, 2009 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed acceptance testing of both the Falcon 9 first and second stages in preparation for the first flight of Falcon 9.
Korolyov, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 06, 2009 - The U.S. firm Space Adventures said on Friday it will be able to send two space tourists into orbit on Soyuz spacecraft from 2012 onwards.
Washington Oct 5, 2009 - NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to take toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are now starting two educational efforts involving Lightyear.
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2009 - Space Systems/Loral has announced that it delivered a satellite built for Intelsat to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it is scheduled to launch later this year aboard an Atlas V rocket. The Intelsat 14 satellite (IS-14), which includes the first Internet Router In Space (IRIS), expands on SS/L's experience integrating hosted payloads on commercial spacecraft.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2009 - The Expedition 20 crew members got the opportunity to relax aboard the International Space Station Thursday, as they had a light-duty day before the upcoming nine-day handover to the Expedition 21 crew.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 02, 2009 - On Thursday evening, October 1, Arianespace boosted two payloads into geostationary transfer orbit: the Amazonas-2 civil communications satellite for the Spanish operator Hispasat, and the ComsatbW-1 military communications satellite, built by Astrium for the German Ministry of Defense. The launch was the 47th Ariane 5 mission and the 33rd successful launch campaign in a row.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2009 - Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte on Friday boarded the International Space Station (ISS), where he is expected to engage in extraterrestrial clownery, after a successful docking of the Soyuz craft.
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 01, 2009 - Arianespace is continuing its sustained launch pace - with the next mission ready for an October 1 liftoff, and payloads for the following flight now undergoing final checkout at the Spaceport.
