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NASA Invites Universities to Submit Innovative Technology Proposals
Jun 05, 2014 (SPX)
NASA is seeking proposals from universities to advance the agency's plans for exploration to deep space and Mars. The Early Stage Innovations NASA Research Anno...
NASA And Virgin Galactic Select Payloads For First Research Flight
Jun 05, 2014 (SPX)
NASA and Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's aabar Investments PJS, have identified twel...
CU-Boulder payload selected for launch on Virgin Galactic spaceship
Jun 05, 2014 (SPX)
A University of Colorado Boulder payload carrying a novel device designed to reduce the weight and cost of spacecraft fuel pumping systems has been manifested f...
One docking ring to rule them all
Jun 05, 2014 (ESA)
Connecting spacecraft in orbit will never be simple, but ESA is taking the next step to allow the next generation of vehicles of all types from around the world...
First Phase To Certify New US Space Transport System Completed
Jun 03, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Commercial Crew Program and industry have completed the first step in the certification process that will enable American-made commercial spacecraft safe...
US may lose 'star wars' to Russia
Jun 03, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Cooperation with private firms will benefit the US space industry but cannot replace cooperation with Russia. Washington risks seeing its space projects hit har...
SpaceX founder unveils his 'future of space travel' capsule
Jun 02, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) presented its new space capsule, expected to carry up to seven astronauts into space and bring them back to ...
Ecosystem Services: Looking Forward to Mid-Century
Jun 01, 2014 (SPX)
As population grows, society needs more - more energy, more food, more paper, more housing, more of nearly everything. Meeting those needs can lead to changes i...
German village takes digital fate into own hands
Jun 01, 2014 (AFP)
Too isolated and with few inhabitants, the tiny village of Loewenstedt in northern Germany is simply too small to show up on the radars of national Internet ope...
Smart lifestyle takes centre stage at Asia tech show
May 31, 2014 (AFP)
Asia's largest tech trade show will be a battleground for smart innovations when it kicks off in Taiwan Tuesday -- from car systems which warn when you are driv...
Apollo 13 astronaut's toothbrush sells for $11,794
May 30, 2014 (AFP)
A toothbrush used by one of the American astronauts who flew to the Moon was sold at auction for nearly $12,000, or triple the starting bid, the auction house s...
Simulation Practices First Flight of New Orion Program
May 30, 2014 (SPX)
In just a matter of months, NASA will send a new spacecraft into space for the first time. And back here on the ground, the Mission Control Center in Houston wi...
Virgin space flights cleared for US take-off
May 29, 2014 (AFP)
Virgin space flights cleared for US take-off Los Angeles (AFP) May 29, 2014 - Richard Branson's dream of commercial space flights took a step nearer reality aft...
NASA Awards Simulation and Software Technology Contract for Engineering
May 29, 2014 (SPX)
NASA has selected L-3 National Security Solutions (NSS) Inc. of Reston, Virginia, to provide simulation and software technology support to the Engineering Softw...
Hirst art, DiCaprio space trip help raise record AIDS funds
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
A Damien Hirst work of art and a trip into space with Leonardo DiCaprio helped AIDS foundation amfAR raise a record $35 million (28 million euros) on the sideli...
Pay and go: 'Soyuz' space ticket at US$45-50 million
May 23, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Anybody willing to go to orbit may travel to the International Space Station for $45-50 million. This is the price tag for a two-week tour, delivery by Soyuz sp...
Joystick sets record price for space collectibles
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
The price of space junk inched closer to the moon on Friday after a hand controller from the Apollo 15 mission sold at auction for $610,063 -- an apparent new r...
Veggie Plant Growth System Activated on International Space Station
May 23, 2014 (SPX)
If you plant it, will it grow-in microgravity on the International Space Station? Expedition 39 crew members soon will find out using a plant growth system call...
Airbus design of European service module for Orion approved by ESA
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the world's second largest space company Airbus Defence and Space's system design of the European Service Module (E...
Swiss Space Systems launch the ZeroG experience
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
In 2015, Swiss Space Systems (S3) will put the ZeroG experience within everyone's reach. S3 is launching affordable zero gravity flights from more than 15 locat...
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