Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 - Last week NASA tried to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observer (OCO) and an unusual thing happened on the way to orbit over the South Pacific. At the point in the flight (2 minutes 55 seconds) when the payload fairing separates from the launch vehicle's third stage thereby exposing the payload for its later release into space, nothing happened.
Beijing (AFP) Mar 01, 2009 - China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday.
Pyongyang, North Korea (XNA) Feb 27, 2009 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday castigated South Korea's concerns over its impending satellite launch.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2009 - NASA's Space Shuttle Program has established a plan that could support shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station, tentatively targeted for March 12. An exact target launch date will be determined as work progresses with the shuttle's three gaseous hydrogen flow control valves.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 27, 2009 - Russia is planning to launch on Thursday a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on a Zenith carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency said.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2009 - Acting NASA Administrator Christopher J. Scolese said the following in response to the 2010 fiscal year budget overview for NASA released Feb. 26:
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 26, 2009 - NASA's Rick Obenschain, deputy director at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will lead the investigation board for the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on Feb. 24.
Tokyo (XNA) Feb 26, 2009 - Two Japanese, from All Nippon Airways and Defense Ministry respectively, have been picked as candidates for JAXA astronauts, said Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Wednesday.
Washington (UPI) Feb 26, 2009 - The U.S. space agency would receive $18.7 billion during fiscal 2010 based on the budget request U.S. President Barack Obama presented Thursday to Congress.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2009 - For this doctor at DLR's Institute of Aerospace Medicine, variety is pre-programmed. The door to the examination room opens and ophthalmologist Dr Claudia Stern hurries across the hall of the aerospace medicine examination centre in the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, part of the German Aerospace Center.
Seoul (AFP) Feb 25, 2009 - North Korea came under growing international pressure Wednesday to scrap what it calls a planned satellite launch that is widely seen abroad as a pretext to test its longest-range missile.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 25, 2009 - In the mobile service tower on Launch pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the upper part of the metal transportation canister is removed from around NASA's Kepler spacecraft.
Pyongyang, North Korea (SPX) Feb 25, 2009 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will test-launch a communication satellite, the official KCNA news agency cited a space department spokesman as saying on Tuesday.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 25, 2009 - Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration of growing importance as more private companies start working in space.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 25, 2009 - The launch of even a non-military satellite by North Korea would be considered a breach of a UN Security Council resolution, South Korea's ambassador to Russia told journalists on Tuesday.
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 - U.S. scientists say they are developing a new type of rocket that runs on gases that are much less expensive than conventional propellants.
