
NASA to host rocket-science workshop
Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 - NASA officials say they're inviting U.S. university faculty and students to a rocket-science workshop to learn how to build and launch scientific experiments.
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Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 - NASA officials say they're inviting U.S. university faculty and students to a rocket-science workshop to learn how to build and launch scientific experiments.
Feb 24, 2009

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 24, 2009 - ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe's next unmanned logistics spacecraft is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station in mid-2010.
Feb 24, 2009

Cape Canaverla FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2009 - During a thorough review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight, NASA managers decided Friday more data and possible testing are required before proceeding to launch.
Feb 23, 2009

Patrick AFB FL (AFNS) Feb 23, 2009 - Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, 14th Air Force commander, made his first tour of Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Tuesday since assuming command just a few months ago. He wasn't surprised by what he saw.
Feb 23, 2009

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2009 - The last newly manufactured section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday.
Feb 23, 2009

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 23, 2009 - Arianespace's development of its commercial launcher family is gaining new momentum as activity at the Spaceport in French Guiana progresses to support the sustained mission rate for heavy-lift Ariane 5s, as well as to prepare for future introductions of the medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega vehicles.
Feb 23, 2009

Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2009 - NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad today and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life. Kepler is scheduled to blast into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a Delta II rocket on March 5 at 7:48 p.m. Pacific Time (10:48 p.m. Eastern Time).
Feb 20, 2009

Moscow (RIA) Feb 20, 2009 - Preparations are underway for a manned mission to Mars. Cosmonauts who might fly to the Red Planet are learning how to survive in a forest outside Moscow. Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medical and Biological Problems are assessing the impact of cosmic radiation on living organisms, one of which even managed to survive in outer space.
Feb 20, 2009

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 20, 2009 - The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket set to launch NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory is now fully assembled at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Feb 20, 2009

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2009 - Space shuttle Discovery's Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 20. A news conference following the meeting will be held to announce the STS-119 mission's official launch date.
Feb 19, 2009

Upham, N.M. (UPI) Feb 19, 2009 - A thick layer of concrete is being poured atop a state-of-the art runway as crews work to complete Spaceport America, New Mexican officials said.
Feb 19, 2009

Richmond, Canada (SPX) Feb 19, 2009 - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced it has been selected to deliver concept design solutions to support planning of Canada's potential participation in global space exploration. The Canadian Space Agency contracts are worth $1.8 million (CAD).
Feb 19, 2009

Moscow (RIA) Feb 19, 2009 - There is no limit to human imagination when it comes to reaching heights. Sometimes, a miraculous elixir makes it possible to fly in the skies with a crazy speed, or there appear space ships, counterparts of aircraft with unlimited potentialities.
Feb 19, 2009

Beijing (XNA) Feb 19, 2009 - China plans to launch a third ocean survey satellite in 2010 to upgrade its capacity for maritime weather forecasting and disaster relief, according to a report in the Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday. The newspaper is an official publication of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Feb 19, 2009

Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 19, 2009 - Boeing has announced that its Space Exploration division has submitted proposals to NASA for the Ares V Phase 1 Design Support Contracts.
Feb 19, 2009

Tuskegee AL (SPX) Feb 19, 2009 - Because of the distinct lack of grocery stores in outer space, scientists are looking for ways to provide food for long-term space missions.
Feb 19, 2009