Housotn TX (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - The crew woke at 11:30 a.m. EDT to Only One, performed by Jeremy Kay and played for Mission Specialist Danny Olivas. At 2:09 p.m. Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez and Flight Engineer Nicole Stott took questions from reporters at Telemundo, WTSP-TV in Florida, and Univision.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - On Tuesday 1 September 2009, the German Aerospace Center announced the third contest in the REXUS/BEXUS (Rocket/Balloon EXperiment for University Students) programme. Students are invited to submit their proposals for experiments to be carried in the gondola of a stratospheric balloon in Autumn 2010 or in a high-altitude rocket in Spring 2011. The deadline for proposal submission is 16 November 2009.
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - Proba-2 has reached Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it is being prepared for launch this November. Among the smallest satellites ever built by ESA, it was transported there aboard an Ilyushin cargo plane.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., responsible for developing propulsion elements for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System passed a major milestone Aug. 31 with the completion of Orion's Preliminary Design Review.
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.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 7, 2009 - Internet giant Google will remove all books still on sale in Europe from a US online market offering millions of titles that are out of print in the United States, the company said Monday.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 04, 2009 - It's been eight years since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, arrived at the orbiting laboratory. During that time, more than 4,000 materials samples have been placed outside the space station to test how they react to the harsh environment of space.
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 04, 2009 - ESA's new astronaut recruits reported this week to the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. The six have started the first days of their 18-month basic training in preparation for future missions to the International Space Station and beyond.
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2009 - A Swedish astronaut and his US colleague floated out of shuttle Discovery on Thursday to conduct the mission's second spacewalk at the International Space Station, NASA said.
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2009 - A large piece of space debris drifted toward the International Space Station Thursday, but NASA said it would not affect the second of three spacewalks outside the orbiter.
Xichang, China (SPX) Sep 03, 2009 - The failure to put a satellite into orbit earlier this week is only one bump on a long road of successes, said a space expert.
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 03, 2009 - How do you wash your clothes in space? How does food stay fresh if there is no fridge on the ISS? ESAs Frank De Winne is answering these, and many more of your questions, right now, from space.
Mojave, CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2009 - XCOR Aerospace reports that it has reached several significant milestones in the 5K18 rocket engine test program. This is the engine that powers XCOR's Lynx suborbital spacecraft. The engine can be seen running in several newly released videos including a video demonstrating the very stable shock diamond pattern visible in the engine's supersonic exhaust.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 03, 2009 - The 13 members of the combined space shuttle and International Space Station crew will install new science equipment and racks in the station today, enhancing the research capabilities for the orbiting laboratory.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 03, 2009 - The first-arrived payload for Ariane 5's next flight is undergoing initial checkout at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations move forward for Arianespace's dual-passenger mission later this month - which will be its fifth heavy-lift launch of 2009.
