Vandenberg AFB CA (AFNS) May 07, 2009 - Teams from the 30th Space Wing and various agencies successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-2 at 1:24 p.m May 5.
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009 - President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a review of a problem-plagued rocket that NASA hopes will replace its shuttle fleet, but the agency insisted the future of manned US space flights was safe.
Final prelaunch operations are under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as workers at Launch Pad 39A prepare space shuttle Atlantis for flight.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2009 - As the Detroit's carmakers teeter on bankruptcy, the administration appears to be a whirling dervish as they attempt to set in to motion solutions for the tsunami of issues that threaten to over run, not just Washington, but the world.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2009 - Russia's Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft undocked on Wednesday from the International Space Station to become a temporary space lab before being buried in the Pacific Ocean, Mission Control said.
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 07, 2009 - Salmonella, what's gotten into you? Researchers have been asking themselves this question ever since Salmonella bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent than Salmonella grown on the ground under otherwise identical conditions.
Star City, Russia (AFP) May 7, 2009 - Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2009 - Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) has met with the crew of STS-119 and congratulated them for their successful mission last month aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The crew launched March 15th on a 13-day mission to deliver the International Space Station's fourth and final set of solar array wings.
Turin, Italy (ESA) May 05, 2009 - The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2009 - On a clear March day in 1926, in the middle of a snow-covered field in Auburn, Mass., Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard changed exploration forever.
Paris, France (ESA) May 01, 2009 - The Planck spacecraft has been mated with the Ariane 5 ECA launcher on 23 April 2009. After the successful fuelling of the Planck spacecraft in the S5A building a week earlier, the spacecraft was transferred to the final assembly building (Batiment d'Assemblage Final, or BAF) in the evening on 22 April.
Sardinia, Italy (ESA) May 01, 2009 - On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe's new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 01, 2009 - Vandenberg is currently undergoing the planning stages of removing and disassembling pieces from one of its historical launch pads, Space Launch Complex-5.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 01, 2009 - Top NASA and contractor managers assessed the risks associated with the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Thursday's executive-level Flight Readiness Review at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and determined the shuttle's equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight.
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 01, 2009 - Aerojet has successfully completed the first series of vibration and altitude hot fire tests on NASA's Orion crew module's 160 lb. thrust mono-propellant rocket engine.
Wallops Island, Va., April 28, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says it plans to launch a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread to study how effectively drugs work in space.
