Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 28, 2009 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center here late Friday on a mission to the International Space Station.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2009 - Russia and the U.S. have yet to decide on where to place a joint control point to observe rocket launches by foreign countries, Russia's chief of staff said on Wednesday.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 28, 2009 - Final preparations were underway Friday for a fourth attempt to launch the space shuttle Discovery as its crew boarded the vessel for a takeoff scheduled for a minute before midnight.
Houstin TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2009 - On Earth, we all know that exercise is good for us. But do we know exactly how good? The situation is similar on the International Space Station. Astronauts and cosmonauts have been working out on orbit for close to 10 years, and researchers believe the exercise is a good countermeasure for the bone and muscle density loss that occurs when humans live for a long time without gravity.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - NASA will wait until late Friday to make its fourth attempt to launch the space shuttle Discovery so mission specialists can review tests on a faulty valve, after a week of false starts for the US space agency.
Washington (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - Initial testing on a malfunctioning valve that grounded the space shuttle Discovery is encouraging and countdown will resume Thursday ahead of the next launch attempt, NASA said.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - NASA on Thursday delayed the debut test of the first stage motor of the Ares 1 rocket, the launch vehicle for the space shuttle's successor, Orion, the space agency said.
Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - When Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte flies as the latest tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) next month, he promises to bring a comic touch to the mission.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - NASA on Thursday delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery until 0359 GMT Saturday so mission specialists could review tests on a faulty valve, the US space agency said.
Seoul (AFP) Aug 26, 2009 - A satellite launched by South Korea's first space rocket fell to earth and burnt up after missing its designated orbit, officials said Wednesday.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2009 - It's time to find out if humans can permanently live and work in space, according to an article written by Mark Sykes and published in the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona's morning newspaper. This has never been a part of U.S. space policy, despite a long history of public relations implying the opposite, Sykes says.
Seoul, South Korea (Yonhap) Aug 26, 2009 - Naro Space Center aims to become the cradle of South Korea's aspirations to build up its nascent aerospace sector, the state-run think tank operating the facility said Tuesday.
Naro Space Center, South Korea (Yonhap) Aug 25, 2009 - The success or failure of South Korea's first rocket will largely be determined within the minute after liftoff, local experts said Monday.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 25, 2009 - Technicians closed and latched the hatch on the space shuttle Discovery for an early Tuesday takeoff, but NASA warned that the weather forecast has worsened and could scuttle the mission.
Troy NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2009 - An experimental heat transfer system designed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is scheduled to depart Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Astronauts will install the system into a laboratory of the International Space Station, where it will remain for up to three years.
Seoul (AFP) Aug 25, 2009 - South Korea's first space rocket blasted off Tuesday in a long-delayed launch but failed to place a satellite into its designated orbit, officials said.
