Kourou, Frecnh Guiana (SPX) Feb 18, 2009 - The European-built Herschel telescope has begun pre-launch processing at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations for Arianespace's second Ariane 5 launch of 2009 shift into full gear.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 - NASA says cold conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have forced it to postpone the next space shuttle launch until April.
Nagoya, Japan (AFP) Feb 17, 2009 - Nestled in a cavernous but air-tight hangar, scientists are putting the finishing touches to Japan's H-2B rocket, hoping it will boost the country's prestige when it blasts off later this year.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2009 - Aerojet recognizes the U.S. Air Force, NASA, United Launch Alliance, Boeing and industry partners on the 20th anniversary of the Delta II rocket's inaugural launch.
Fairbanks AL (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 - Scientists are now at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks waiting for acceptable conditions for the launch of five NASA sounding rockets that will gather information for two scientific experiments. The launch window for the firing of these rockets opened on Feb. 12, 2009, and extends until March 3, 2009.
Tehran, Iran (RIA) Feb 16, 2009 - Iran will send its first man into space on board its own spacecraft by 2021, the head of Iran's Aerospace Agency announced on Thursday. Scientific research has already begun in Iran, Reza Tagipur was quoted by Iranian media as saying.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 16, 2009 - Following a workshop, held 3-5 February at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands, 10 student teams from ESA Member States and Co-operating States have been selected to fly their experiments on future sounding rocket and balloon campaigns.
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 15, 2009 - Leather-clad, spike-heeled women with boldly colored hair and beefed-up laptop computers are getting their geek on at supportive gatherings in Silicon Valley.
Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2009 - The US space agency NASA has again postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery, saying it will not occur before February 27.
Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 14, 2009 - The wreckage of US and Russian satellites that collided over Siberia poses a threat to China's satellites in orbit, but the country's space plan will proceed as scheduled.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 14, 2009 - Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two multi-role telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits. Two auxiliary payloads were also launched during this mission.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009 - A Russian cargo ship docked on Friday with the International Space Station carrying clothes, food, oxygen, medical supplies, fuel and a new space suit, RIA Novosti reported from space control centre.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2009 - On 7 February 2008, Space Shuttle Atlantis (flight STS-122) was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to bring the Columbus space laboratory to the International Space Station, ISS.
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 12, 2009 - Arianespace's initial Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has been given the go-ahead for its February 12 liftoff following completion of the mission's launch readiness review, which was held today at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2009 - An unprecedented collision between a Russian and a US satellite poses an elevated but very small risk to the International Space Station, the US space agency said Thursday.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIA) Feb 12, 2009 - A Proton-M rocket has successfully orbited two new Russian Express-series communications satellites, a Russian federal space agency official said on Wednesday.
