Houston (UPI) Mar 12, 2009 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists say two recent U.S. space missions have produced discoveries concerning salmonella bacteria.
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 12, 2009 - This month an ESA team is preparing to test the performance of the smallest yet most precisely controllable engine ever built for space, sensitive enough to counteract the force of incoming sunshine.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 12, 2009 - Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ahead of schedule, lasting 4 hours and 49 minutes.
Kourou, Frecnh Guiana (SPX) Mar 12, 2009 - Arianespace has taken delivery of its second Ariane 5 ECA for launch in 2009, receiving the heavy-lift vehicle for installation of two spacecraft that will study the universe's origins.
Moscow (XNA) Mar 12, 2009 - A Kazakh astronaut will take the space tourist's seat on the Russian Soyuz spaceship that is slated to dock with the International Space Station next autumn, local media reported Wednesday.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 12, 2009 - NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
Seoul (AFP) March 12, 2009 - South Korea's government said Tuesday it had approved plans to launch the country's first rocket into space in late July.
Washington (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says it has successfully tested the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket's first-stage motor.
Cape Canaveral, Usa (AFP) March 11, 2009 - The next planned launch of the US space shuttle Discovery, which was delayed on Wednesday after engineers found a gas leak, could take place as early as Sunday, NASA officials said.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 11, 2009 - The launch of the US space shuttle Discovery was postponed to Sunday at the earliest after NASA found a gas leak in the filling system for its external tank just hours before liftoff.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 11, 2009 - The launch of the US space shuttle Discovery was postponed Wednesday just hours before liftoff after NASA engineers found a gas leak in the filling system for its external tank.
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2009 - Macao people donated 14.46 million yuan (2.1 million U.S. dollars) to the China Space Foundation (CSF) at a ceremony in Beijing.
Washington (AFP) March 10, 2009 - North Korea is planning a space launch, as it claims, director of US intelligence Dennis Blair told lawmakers Tuesday amid speculation about what sort of rocket Pyongyang plans to fire.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 10, 2009 - Arianespace is keeping up its Ariane 5 mission pace with this week's delivery of the third heavy-lift vehicle to be launched in 2009 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 10, 2009 - At the STS-119 mission management's morning news conference, the team reported the weather for launch is looking very good, and there are no technical issues unresolved. The next milestone in Discovery's preparation is fuel cell loading this afternoon at 3 p.m. EDT.
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2009 - China plans to launch 15 to 16 satellites this year, Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project, said here Monday.
