Houston TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship (Rice Alliance) of Rice University is pleased to announce the addition of three awards of $20,000 each sponsored by NASA to be presented at the 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition.
Pretoria, South Africa (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - President Kgalema Motlanthe has signed the South African National Space Agency Bill into law, which could see South Africa setting up its own space agency later this year to pull together all space-related activities in the country under one banner.
Miami FL (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - Duane Chin wouldn't be a good candidate for space flight - he gets motion sickness. But it doesn't stop him from working with NASA.
Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - At a press conference at Spaceport Sweden in Kiruna, Virgin Galactic announced its plans to select a small number of Scandinavia's elite travel professionals to act as its representatives across the region and to lead the way in enabling aspiring astronauts to realise their dreams of experiencing space.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency were scheduled to launch the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite IBUKI (GOSAT) by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15 (H-IIA F15) on January 22, 2009 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center; however, we decided to reschedule the launch date to January 23 (JST) as an excessive volume of clouds including a freezing layer are expected to cover the launch site around the launch time on the 22nd.
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jan 20, 2009 - United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 37 at CCAFS at 9:47 p.m. EST today. This was the first Delta IV Heavy mission for the NRO.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2009 - The crew of STS-126 join representatives from across the country and the nation's armed forces in the 56th Inaugural Parade. The NASA contingent will include a next-generation lunar rover that astronauts could use for future exploration of the moon.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2009 - Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite in late 2010, as the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in a previously announced multiple launch services contract with Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services.
The Hague, Holland (SPX) Jan 20, 2009 - SES New Skies announces that its NSS-9 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2009 - China plans to complete its own satellite navigation system by 2015, making it independent of foreign technology such as the US-developed Global Positioning System (GPS), state media said Monday.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2009 - A technology development engine that may help NASA safely return astronauts to the lunar surface has successfully completed its third round of testing. The goal of these tests is to reduce risk and advance technology for a reliable and robust rocket engine that could enable America's next moon landing.
Basking Ridge NJ (SPX) Jan 15, 2009 - Verizon Business will provide NASA with audio, video and Web conferencing services to help the agency collaborate more effectively. Under a new agreement valued at more than $108 million if all options are exercised, Verizon Business will be the primary conferencing services provider to NASA centers and facilities as well as select contractor locations.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2009 - In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big. The bigger the better, says astronomer Harley Thronson, who leads advanced concept studies in astronomy at the Goddard Space Flight Center. And he thinks NASA's new Ares V rocket is going to completely change the rules of the game.
377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs - Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Jan 16, 2009 Air Force officials here are delaying the launch of Tactical Satellite-3 until repairs to a spacecraft avionics component, critical to the system's operational capability, are complete.
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 14, 2009 - Here we go again! Everyone wants change. So, why not change our minds about how NASA gets to the International Space Station (ISS), the moon and beyond. Second guessing is the national pastime in Washington, DC. Not only do we second guess NASA decisions, but we do it often, we do it early and we do it late. It is a whole of career thing. In fact, there are some who make it a career.
Mojave, CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2009 - Flometrics, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed its first series of tests on a RocketDyne LR-101 rocket engine with BioDiesel as a rocket fuel. The engine was also tested with RP-1 kerosene rocket fuel from the US Air Force.
