Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2008 - The US Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for the world's first commercial spaceport, New Mexico authorities said Thursday.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 17, 2008 - Final checkout of Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 for launch in 2008 is now underway following the completion of payload integration for its two Eutelsat satellite passengers.
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 17, 2008 - A team led by MIT researchers have released the most comprehensive independent review of the future of the nation's human spaceflight program undertaken in many years. The report recommends setting loftier goals for humans in space, focusing research more clearly toward those goals, and increasing cooperation with other nations and private industry.
Bay St. Louis, Miss. (UPI) Dec 16, 2008 - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi will test the Taurus II space launch vehicle's rocket engine.
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2008 - NASA researchers are presenting a wide range of science results at the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting, which opens Monday and continues through Friday, Dec. 19, at the Moscone Convention Center, features more than 15,000 talks and poster presentations about the latest in Earth and planetary sciences and heliophysics.
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 16, 2008 - China on Monday launched a remote-sensing satellite, Yaogan V, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Shanxi Province. The satellite was launched with a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:22 a.m., the center said.
China is scheduled to launch a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan V" on Monday at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 15, 2008 - Infectious pathogens like Salmonella typhimurium employ a startling array of techniques to skillfully outwit the body's defense mechanisms and produce illness. Through their expression of genes-the fundamental building blocks of cellular physiology-such microbes ingeniously adapt to varied environments, modifying their disease-causing potential or virulence.
Cape Canaverla FL (SPX) Dec 15, 2008 - Space shuttle Endeavour and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft shimmered in the Florida sun Friday afternoon as the shuttle returned to its home spaceport at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Atlantic coast.
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 - Preparations for Arianespace's year-end launch of 2008 entered their final phase with the startup of payload integration on the Ariane 5 at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 - International Launch Services (ILS) successfully carried the Ciel II satellite into space for the Ciel Satellite Group of Canada on Russia's premier heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Proton Breeze M.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 11, 2008 - A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Ciel 2 Canadian telecommunications satellite on board was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur space center Russia leases from Kazakhstan.
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2008 - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts followed up recent missions that added to the International Space Station's exterior by beefing up the interior of the orbital complex. During about 16 days in space, the crew added new living, cooking and exercise facilities to the space station.
Macao (XNA) Dec 11, 2008 - Scientists in Macao and Hong Kong can participate in the nation's aerospace project in the future, Zhang Jianqi, deputy commander-in-chief of China's manned space engineering program, said here on Wednesday.
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 11, 2008 - Space shuttle Endeavour, attached to the fuselage of a Boeing 747, will make another overnight stop Thursday, en route to Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
Fort Worth, Texas (UPI) Dec 10, 2008 - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747, made an overnight stop in Texas Wednesday on its journey back to Florida from California.
