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Arab nations eye China, domestic market to revive tourism
Jan 24, 2016 (AFP)
Arab nations are looking to Chinese visitors to revive their tourism sectors, battered by security fears, and also need to develop homegrown tourism as a lifeli...
Space: The here-and-now frontier
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
"Students in AeroAstro don't have to wait 30 years for the next Boeing aircraft to come out, or for NASA to send humans to Mars," says doctoral candidate Edward...
2016 Goals Vital to Commercial Crew Success
Jan 21, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's Commercial Crew Program and its aerospace industry partners Boeing and SpaceX are on the eve of America's return to human spaceflight launches. By the ti...
Russian Space Agency discussing possible training of Iranian astronaut
Jan 21, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's Roscosmos space agency is currently in talks with Tehran on the possible training of an Iranian astronaut for a space mission, Roscosmos General Direct...
Engineers Mark Completion of Orion's Pressure Vessel
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's Orion spacecraft is another step closer to launching on its first mission to deep space atop the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. On Jan. 13, t...
Zinnias from space
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
One of the most triumphant moments in the book and recent movie The Martian comes when lead character, Mark Watney, successfully grows a potato crop on Mars. It...
How mold on Space Station flowers is helping get us to Mars
Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)
When Scott Kelly tweeted a picture of moldy leaves on the current crop of zinnia flowers aboard the International Space Station, it could have looked like the s...
NASA's Scott Kelly unveils first flower grown in space: an orange zinnia
Jan 17, 2016 (UPI)
NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly has shared images of the first flower grown in space: a zinnia that recently came to bloom....
NASA completes Orion parachute development tests
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
A dart-shaped test vehicle descended from the skies above the Arizona desert under Orion's parachutes Wednesday, Jan. 13, successfully completing the final deve...
Newcomer Sierra Nevada to supply ISS alongside SpaceX, Orbital: NASA
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
NASA on Thursday split a multi-billion-dollar contract to resupply the International Space Station between three US firms: SpaceX, Orbital ATK and Sierra Nevada...
SAIC Awarded $485 Million Enterprise Applications Service Technologies 2 Contract by NASA
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
NASA awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $485 million contract to provide all services necessary to operate the NASA Enterprise Applications Comp...
Strengthening Our Space Technology Future: Snapshots of Success
Jan 10, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) checked off a number of key accomplishments in 2015. These advancements pushed the technological envelope, no...
Six Orion Milestones to Track in 2016
Jan 08, 2016 (SPX)
This year, engineers will make important progress developing and testing the Orion spacecraft that will send astronauts to deep space destinations on the journe...
Gadgets get smarter, friendlier at CES show
Jan 03, 2016 (AFP)
From drones, cars and robots to jewelry, appliances and TVs, the new technology on display at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show promises to be smarter and frie...
NASA Reaches New Heights
Dec 30, 2015 (SPX)
In 2015, NASA explored the expanse of our solar system and beyond, and the complex processes of our home planet, while also advancing the technologies for our j...
Congress to NASA: Hurry up on that 'habitation augmentation module'
Dec 30, 2015 (UPI)
The newest omnibus spending bill ensures NASA will be funded for the next year, but some of the money comes with specific demands. Congress wants the space agen...
ISRO's year in review 2015
Dec 25, 2015 (IANS)
The year 2015 could be termed as one of commercial launches for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), while steps have been taken to spread the usage o...
15 in '15: NASA's Commercial Crew Program Moves Closer to Flight
Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)
NASA and its partners are on track to launch astronauts from Florida's Space Coast to the International Space Station as soon as 2017, thanks to critical progre...
Astronauts Tour Future White Room, Crew Access Tower
Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)
The Crew Access Arm and White Room that astronauts will use in 2017 to board Boeing's CST-100 Starliner saw some of their first visitors Dec. 10 during a tour o...
Celebrity chefs create gourmet delights for astronauts
Dec 23, 2015 (AFP)
Michelin-starred chefs are vying to create Christmas delights for astronauts spending the festive season 400 kilometres away from Earth and their families. The ...
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