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NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington
Jul 17, 2017 (SPX)
See the conference agenda for a full list of topics and speakers. Keynote addresses and panels from the conference will be broadcast on NASA TV and the agency's...
Creating Trends in Space: An Interview with NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber
Jul 11, 2017 (SPX)
Astrowatch.net: What are you future plans for the company? What is your priority for the coming years? Jeffrey Manber: We are growing into the world's first com...
Dutch project tests floating cities to seek more space
Jul 11, 2017 (AFP)
Made up of 87 floating triangles of different sizes, the huge, flexible island made of concrete or steel would eventually stretch 1.5 to two kilometres (one to ...
As the world embraces space, the 50 year old Outer Space Treaty needs adaptation
Jul 11, 2017 (SPX)
But now we need an update. While the fundamental principles set out in the treaty are vitally important to the peaceful and orderly use of outer space, the pace...
Counting calories in space
Jul 10, 2017 (ESA)
Calculating total energy expenditure involves making many measurements over a period of 10 days. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be the last of the required 10...
Trump offers bold space goals but fills in few details
Jul 09, 2017 (AFP)
During a speech Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Vice President Mike Pence delighted hundreds of space agency employees and contractors by pledging that...
Liftoff for Trump's bold space plans may have to wait
Jul 09, 2017 (AFP)
During a speech Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Vice President Mike Pence delighted hundreds of space agency employees and contractors by pledging that...
Pence vows 'new era' in US space exploration, but few details
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
Pence, who was recently named to head a government advisory body called the National Space Council, said the group would hold its first meeting "before the summ...
Don't look down: glass bottom skywalk thrills in China
Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)
The v-shaped walkway stretches almost 70 metres from a sheer cliff face in southwest Chongqing, offering intrepid tourists a vertigo-inducing view of the ground...
NASA Statement on National Space Council
Jul 03, 2017 (SPX)
"I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order reestablishing the National Space Council. The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a...
Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris
Jun 29, 2017 (AFP)
The 34,000 square-metre (366,000 square-foot) facility named Station F occupies a 1920s railway depot on the banks of the Seine river. It is designed to provide...
India, Portugal Shake Hands on Space Cooperation
Jun 28, 2017 (Sputnik)
India, Portugal sing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of space, according to the statement. "During the visit of Prime Minister N...
Russia's Roscosmos May Provide Indian Astronauts With Training in Future
Jun 23, 2017 (Sputnik)
"In the future, it is possible to train Indian astronauts on the basis of Roscosmos," Rogozin said at the meeting of the Russian-Indian cooperation committee du...
Return to the blue
Jun 22, 2017 (ESA)
The team taking part in NEEMO 22, the 22nd NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations mission, consists of astronauts, technicians and scientists who are now o...
NASA Selects Army Surgeon for Astronaut Training
Jun 21, 2017 (SPX)
Rubio recently took his place as one of only 12 Americans selected to begin NASA astronaut candidate training in August 2017. "It's a dream come true," Rubio sa...
Few Teachers Believe Students Interested In Subjects That Would Lead Them To Space Exploration Careers
Jun 19, 2017 (SPX)
To help address these findings, today the company unveiled new resources as part of its Generation Beyond program, including a space-themed curriculum and new a...
Orion Kicks Off Summer with Series of Safety Tests
Jun 19, 2017 (SPX)
At the Promontory, Utah, facility of Orion subcontractor Orbital ATK, engineers tested the abort motor for Orion's launch abort system June 15, firing the 17-fo...
Plants to feed Earth and beyond
Jun 19, 2017 (SPX)
Growing plants in a spaceship, and one day on another planet, is a complicated endeavor. But one tool making it easier is a specially formulated fertilizer, dev...
New Window Improves the View of Science on Orbiting Laboratory
Jun 14, 2017 (SPX)
The Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) is a sealed and enclosed work area installed in the U.S. Destiny lab on the space station, and is about the size of a 70...
Russia launches space freighter to ISS
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
"The Soyuz-2.1A booster rocket with the Progress MS-06 cargo ship launched successfully from Baikonur cosmodrome at 12:20 Moscow time (0920 GMT)," Russian space...
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