Washington DC (SPX) Dec 30, 2008 - At NASA, 2008 will be remembered for shuttle missions, discoveries on Mars, and mysteries revealed across the solar system and beyond. While looking back at the U.S. space agency's 2008 successes, VOA looks at the agency's uncertain future and its plans to bring humankind to Moon.
Dulles VA (SPX) Dec 29, 2008 - Orbital Sciences Corporation has been selected for a long-term contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide cargo transportation services to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Orbital stated that the contract, awarded under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program, has an expected value of approximately $1.9 billion for cargo transportation missions to be conducted between 2011 and 2015.
Bangalore, India (SPX) Dec 29, 2008 - ISRO has crossed yet another major milestone by successfully conducting the Flight Acceptance Hot Test of Indigenous Cryogenic Engine at Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre's (LPSC) Mahendragiri facilities on December 18, 2008. This Cryogenic Engine is identified for the first indigenously developed Cryogenic Stage to be used in the next Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle mission (GSLV -D3).
Cairo, Egypt (SPX) Dec 24, 2008 - Arianespace's On the occasion of the visit of the French Prime Minister in Egypt, it was announced that Arianespace has been chosen to launch the Nilesat 201 satellite, as part of a turnkey contract that Thales Alenia Space signed with Egyptian operator Nilesat.
Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2008 - NASA announced Tuesday it awarded two International Space Station (ISS) freight contracts totaling 3.5 billion dollars to private space launch companies Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC).
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 23, 2008 - Boeing, through its commercial launch business, has received a contract to launch the fourth satellite for the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) program for Thales Alenia Space Italia, prime contractor of the Italian Space Agency.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 23, 2008 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station successfully completed their spacewalk on Tuesday, Russia's Mission Control said. The ISS commander American Michael Fincke and Russian engineer Yury Lonchakov, who arrived on the orbital station in October, closed the hatch to the Pirs docking station at 09:29 a.m. Moscow Time (06:29 GMT). The spacewalk, which was delayed by 37 minutes after last-minute pressure checks, lasted almost six hours.
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2008 - The pioneers responsible for the foundation of Vandenberg's missile mission gathered Tuesday at Space Launch Complex-10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first successfully launched Thor missile.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 23, 2008 - China has successfully orbited its third meteorological satellite, the Fengyun-2-06, the country's central television CCTV reported on Tuesday.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 22, 2008 - Arianespace has completed its ninth year of Ariane 5 operations with another successful dual-payload mission of the workhorse commercial vehicle, orbiting two telecommunications satellites for Europe's Eutelsat telecommunications operator.
Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2008 - The U.S. space agency is seeking ideas from schools and science museums for the eventual public display of space shuttle orbiters and other equipment.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 19, 2008 - The International Space Station crew, paving the way for NASA's return to the moon, will honor the first humans to journey there 40 years ago with a special message.
Beijing, China (XNA) Dec 19, 2008 - A multi-functional experiment system for space tribology, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), has passed its acceptance check.
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2008 - For anyone with an interest in the starry skies and around 42 million dollars to spare, NASA may have an interesting proposition.
Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2008 - U.S. space agency scientists say they've discovered a mineral on the surface of Mars that indicates the Red Planet supported water many billions of years ago.
Fairfax VA (SPX) Dec 18, 2008 - SRA International has announced that NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has chosen SRA's Spacecraft Command Language (SCL) to support the Constellation Program, which will develop the new systems and vehicles that will replace the Space Shuttle and provide for the nation's next generation of space exploration.
