Tehran, Iran (RIA Novosti) Dec 03, 2008 - Iran plans to send exploratory rockets into space with live animals on board, paving the way for manned space flights, a space research official said on Tuesday.
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Dec 02, 2008 - China launched a new remote sensing satellite Yaogan IV on Monday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province.
Huntsville, Ala. (UPI) Dec 2, 2008 - The U.S. space agency says 14 groups of middle and high school students will take part in the 2008-09 Student Launch Initiative rocketry challenge.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 01, 2008 - A cargo spacecraft equipped with a new on-board digital control system has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Mission Control said on Sunday.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Nov 30, 2008 - The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven landed safely Sunday at a California air base to conclude a 16-day mission to double living capacity at the International Space Station.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2008 - Russia launched on Wednesday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a cargo spacecraft, equipped with a new on-board digital control system, from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Mission Control said.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 25, 2008 - The flight of Russia's cargo spacecraft, equipped with a new on-board digital control system, to the International Space Station (ISS) will take four days, a Russian space official said on Monday.
The Hague (AFP) Nov 25, 2008 - The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday said it hoped the International Space Station (ISS), whose operational life beyond 2015 remains uncertain, would continue working until at least 2020.
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2008 - Two US astronauts Monday finished the fourth and last spacewalk of the shuttle Endeavour's mission at the International Space Station, completing all the tasks and repairs required of them, NASA said.
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2008 - Two astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour Monday began a fourth and final spacewalk amid efforts to repair the International Space Station as NASA extended the mission by a day.
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 24, 2008 - ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European Commander of the International Space Station. De Winne,from Belgium,will fly to the Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in May 2009 with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk,which will bring the total number of crew on the ISS up to six for the first time.
Seoul (XNA) Nov 24, 2008 - South Korea plans to launch a maritime communication and weather satellite into space in June 2009, South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said on Sunday.
Washington (AFP) Nov 23, 2008 - Two astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour have completed a seven-hour spacewalk as part of an effort to repair the orbiting International Space Station.
Washington (AFP) Nov 22, 2008 - Two astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour completed a seven-hour spacewalk Saturday, in the mission's third scheduled spacewalk to repair the orbiting International Space Station.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2008 - Sea Launch and Intelsat have signed a multiple launch services contract for five missions on the Sea Launch system, scheduled for execution beginning in late 2010 through 2012.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2008 - NASA astronauts on Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can smell dangerous chemicals in the air. Designed to help protect crew members' health and safety, the experimental ENose will monitor the space station's environment for chemicals such as ammonia, mercury, methanol and formaldehyde.
