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.
Houston, Texas (AFP) Sept 12, 2009 - The Discovery astronauts found sunny skies in California on Friday as they descended to a weather-delayed landing at Edwards Air Force Base to end a demanding two-week mission to the International Space Station.
Star City, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2009 - A special commission has announced the composition of the main and backup crews for the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Russia's Soyuz-FG carrier rocket bearing the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft is due for liftoff from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on September 30.
Promontory UT (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 - NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 - Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.
Houston, Texas (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon Thursday a first attempt to land the space shuttle Discovery, which earlier dodged debris as it prepared for a high-speed descent to Earth.
Star City, Russia (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - The billionaire founder of the Cirque du Soleil show said Thursday he was ready to realise a boyhood dream of going to space as he prepared to blast off with two professional astronauts this month.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 10, 2009 - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, on behalf of the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, successfully launched the PAN satellite at 5:35 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex- 41 as a commercial launch service. This launch marks the 10th overall mission for ULA in 2009 and the third Atlas V mission of the year.
Bucharest, Romania (XNA) Sep 10, 2009 - The Romanian Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Association (ARCA) announced on Wednesday that it will launch in October the country's first space rocket, in what is the final rehearsal for a 30 million dollar astronautic contest for landing a privately built spacecraft on the moon, initiated by the Google corporation.
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - NASA's plans to fly to the moon and Mars are under threat from a lack of funds and the space agency needs another three billion dollars for its dreams to become reality, a presidential panel said.
Seoul (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - South Korea plans to supply four types of food including its famed kimchi for use in a Russian experiment to test the feasibility of a space flight to Mars, a state institute said Wednesday.
Houston (UPI) Sep 9, 2009 - Space shuttle Discovery's crew was to perform a flight control system check Wednesday while en route back to Earth, in preparation for a Thursday landing.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 09, 2009 - The main and backup crews for the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) started on Tuesday their final tests at a space training center near Moscow.
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2009 - The star of the Toy Story movies, Buzz Lightyear, will get a hero's welcome this week when he returns to Earth after spending more than a year on the International Space Station.
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - Eutelsat Communications has announced that it has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch in mid-November 2009 of the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite will now undergo final preparation for delivery to the Baikonour Cosmodrome.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 08, 2009 - The construction of a new space center in Russia's Far East will start in 2011, a government official said on Monday.
