Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce its co-sponsorship of the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC), which is being organized in conjunction with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - Shuttle Discovery atop its 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft are at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana where the ferry flight team will stay overnight. Discovery arrived at 6:39 p.m. EDT, about 20 minutes behind the ferry flight's pathfinder support aircraft, a NASA C-9 plane.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 18, 2009 - Japan's first cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after astronauts aboard the station grabbed and docked it using a robotic arm.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2009 - Four of the leading operators of communications satellites have announced the formation of a Coalition for Competitive Launches. The coalition is aimed at enhancing worldwide competition in the provision of commercial satellite launches, a business led today by Russian and French companies.
Beijing, China (XNA) Sep 18, 2009 - The preliminary selection for candidates of China's second batch of astronauts has finished, with candidates including 30 men and 15 women who are all airforce pilots, authorities said Thursday.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2009 - The launch of a new meteorological satellite on board the Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket has been postponed indefinitely due to technical glitches, a source involved in preparations for the launch said on Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2009 - China said Thursday its rapidly growing space programme was the crowning achievement of the nation's high-tech transformation and pledged to continue to develop it to close the gap with Western countries.
Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2009 - Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced that the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) recently ordered the first Minotaur V launch vehicle under the company's Orbital/Suborbital Program-2 (OSP-2) contract.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2009 - Fifty years ago in 1959, test pilot Scott Crossfield threw the switch to ignite the twin XLR-11 engines of his North American Aviation X-15 rocket plane and begin the storied test program's first powered flight. It was a real kick in the pants.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2009 - A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday slammed a report by aerospace experts tasked to review NASA's human space flight program that proposed ditching plans to return to the Moon.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2009 - We often speak of 'astronomically high prices' - 'astronomic' is a common way of describing anything that is extremely large. As a matter of fact, units of measurement are used in the field of astronomy that are far greater than the scale we are used to in everyday life.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2009 - In response to the release of the Human Space Flight Committee executive summary, the National Space Society's Vice President of Policy Greg Allision prepared the following statement.
Wenchang, China (XNA) Sep 15, 2009 - China on Monday began construction of its new space launch center in Wenchang City, on the northeast coast of the tropical island province of Hainan, which is scheduled to be completed by 2013.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2009 - China began the construction of its fourth space launch centre Monday as the nation gears up for future manned space flights aboard a new generation of carrier rockets, state media reported.
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Sep 14, 2009 - Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months of tests aboard the International Space Station.
Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2009 - NASA says it is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to begin registering to screen potential space shuttle artifacts.
