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SpaceX postpones rocket launch to Wednesday
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
High winds in Florida forced SpaceX to move to Wednesday its planned launch of a $340 million sun-observing spacecraft, to be followed by a bid to recycle its F...
Moon momentos found languishing in Armstrong's closet
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
A treasure trove of prized momentos from the first moon landing have been found in Neil Armstrong's closet by his wife when she was doing a clearout. Armstrong,...
The Space Diet: Authentic Astronaut Food Goes on Sale in Moscow
Feb 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
The All-Russian Exhibition Center, the famous general trade exhibition center in Moscow, commonly referred as VDNKh, will begin to sell authentic cosmonaut food...
SNC Completes Dream Chaser Study with German Aerospace Industry Partners
Feb 06, 2015 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems and OHB System AG (OHB) announce the completion of the initial Dream Chaser for European Utilization (DC4EU) stu...
Auction house to sell vintage NASA photographs
Feb 05, 2015 (UPI)
An auction house in Wales is selling a portfolio of vintage photographs taken and collected by NASA astronauts during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The collection fea...
Heady days for tech sector 15 years after bubble burst
Feb 03, 2015 (AFP)
Fifteen years after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the tech sector is flying high again, with record amounts of cash pouring in, and renewed fears about in...
How spaceflight ages the immune system prematurely
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
As the world waits to see if Mars One can establish a human colony on Mars, scientists are working to determine the long-term consequences of living in low or n...
Mini Models Fire Up for SLS Base Heating Tests
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
It may be cold in upstate New York, but NASA engineers are turning up the temperature in Buffalo for a series of tests that will provide critical data on the he...
Vega receives Spaceplane payload for Feb 11 suborbital mission
Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)
The fourth Vega has completed its build-up at the Spaceport in French Guiana, preparing this lightweight member of Arianespace's launcher family for final check...
NASA gets $18.5 billion in White House budget proposal
Feb 02, 2015 (UPI)
It appears the White House is committed to all of NASA's big ticket projects and long-range goals, as President Obama's newly published budget proposal sets asi...
NASA hails spending boost under Obama budget proposal
Feb 02, 2015 (AFP)
NASA on Monday hailed a proposal by President Barack Obama to boost spending for the US space agency and announced plans for a mission to explore Jupiter's moon...
Japanese businessman set to resume space tourist training
Jan 29, 2015 (Sputnik)
A Japanese businessman, who used to shoot space TV commercials at a cosmonaut training facility near Moscow, told journalists at a press conference, that he was...
Sundance doc examines real-life Close Encounter
Jan 29, 2015 (AFP)
Earth authorities are completely unprepared for the arrival of alien visitors and worried humans should ready themselves by watching a groundbreaking documentar...
NASA, Boeing, SpaceX Outline Objectives to ISS Flights
Jan 27, 2015 (SPX)
American spacecraft systems testing followed by increasingly complex flight tests and ultimately astronauts flying orbital flights will pave the way to operatio...
Virgin Galactic Appoints Mark Stucky as Pilot
Jan 27, 2015 (SPX)
Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments PJS, is pleased to announce th...
Sailing spacecraft LightSail to harness power of solar wind
Jan 27, 2015 (UPI)
Why burn expensive fuel, when you can harness the kinetic power of the wind -- solar wind. It's always been a dream of aerospace engineers to set sail in the co...
Boeing will be first to carry US astronauts to space
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
Boeing will be the first commercial company to carry a NASA astronaut to space in July 2017 under a contract with the US space agency, followed by its competito...
Singer Sarah Brightman in training for space tourist role
Jan 23, 2015 (AFP)
British singer Sarah Brightman has started a gruelling 72-hour survival course in a snowy Russian forest to train for her upcoming role as a space tourist, Russ...
Stepping Stones to NASA's Human Missions Beyond
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
"That's one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind." When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon, many strides came before to achieve that ...
NASA Spinoff 2015 features space tech to make life better on Earth
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
NASA technologies are being used to locate underground water in some of the driest places on the Earth, build quieter and more fuel-efficient airplanes, and cre...
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