Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2009 - Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by extending a common measurement technique. They discovered that a rare type of giant star, often overlooked by astronomers, could make an excellent signpost for distances up to 300 million light-years - and beyond.
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 08, 2009 - Many people consider the Apollo lunar landings one of the crowning achievements of human ingenuity. But not so many people realize that the epochal first steps by human beings on another world - which took place 40 years ago next month - likely would not have been possible without the technological experience and capabilities of MIT.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 08, 2009 - Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station conducted a five-hour spacewalk on Friday to install new equipment and test new Russian-made spacesuits, Russia's Mission Control said.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 6, 2009 - Two astronauts on the International Space Station tested new Russian-made suits during five hours of work on the docking system, station officials said.
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jun 05, 2009 - NASA's Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT.
Moscow (SPX) Jun 05, 2009 - Space Adventures has announced that Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP Foundation, has begun training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City in preparation for his poetic social mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Moscow (AFP) June 4, 2009 - Guy Laliberte, the larger-than-life Canadian entrepeneur behind the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon, announced Thursday he would fulfil a childhood dream by becoming the seventh space tourist.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 04, 2009 - In 1972, Apollo astronauts narrowly escaped a potential catastrophe. On August 2nd of that year, a large and angry sunspot appeared and began to erupt, over and over again for more than a week, producing a record-setting fusillade of solar proton radiation. Only pure luck saved the day. The eruptions took place during the gap between Apollo 16 and 17 missions, so astronauts missed the storm.
Montreal (AFP) June 4, 2009 - Cirque du Soleil's founder, who will rocket into space in September, went from pauper to circus mogul by turning a troupe of ragtag street performers in 1984 into a global entertainment empire.
Leiden, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 04, 2009 - Researchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 04, 2009 - NASA has selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation's effects on humans living in space. NASA selected proposals from the New York University School of Medicine in New York, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Houston, Loma Linda University in California and Georgetown University in Washington. The universities will work with collaborating organizations around the country.
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 04, 2009 - The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's upcoming mission with the world's largest commercial telecommunications satellite to be launched was moved to the Final Assembly Building, clearing the way for its integration of the TerreStar-1 payload.
Washington DC (AFP) June 3, 2009 - NASA has given a green light to the next mission to the International Space Station by the shuttle Endeavour, set to blast off on June 13.
New York (AFP) June 3, 2009 - A New York couple really will be on cloud nine when they marry later this month: they'll exchange vows in zero gravity.
Ottawa (AFP) June 3, 2009 - The Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil will voyage to the International Space Station in September, a Cirque spokesman said Wednesday, confirming reports he would fly into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 2, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says it has switched Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the space shuttle program to its Constellation program.
