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Orion Makes Testing, Integration Strides Ahead of First Launch to Space

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Orion is marching ever closer to its first trip to space on a flight that will set the stage for human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. The ...

London makes new push to rival Silicon Valley

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

Maybe this time Silicon Valley will have to move over -- London made a fresh bid Thursday to become a world centre for high-tech and start-ups. Mayor Boris John...

First space tourists to fly around Mars and Venus in 2021

Mar 13, 2014 (Voice of Russia)

American congressmen seem to be seriously interested in the idea of a space expedition in the course of which the spaceship will make flies around Venus and Mar...

Global patent filings jump 5.1% in 2013: WIPO

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

The United States and China helped drive international patent filings to a record level last year, and cross-border applications surged to more than 200,000, th...

American, two Russians back on Earth after half-year in space

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut on Tuesday landed back on Earth in Kazakhstan after a stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of over...

Mini Rocket Models to be Used in a Big Way for SLS Base Heating Test

Mar 10, 2014 (SPX)

To better understand the heating conditions at the base of what will be the biggest, most powerful rocket ever built, engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight ...

Under shadow of spy scandal, Merkel, Cameron head to tech fair

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

The German and British leaders will officially open the world's biggest high-tech fair on Sunday, amid global debate about data security following revelations o...

Bright pulses of light could make space veggies more nutritious

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the p...

Committee Democrats Emphasize Need for Human Space Exploration Roadmap

Mar 05, 2014 (SPX)

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has held a hearing to examine the need for a strategic human exploration roadmap and whether a potential m...

NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete Space System Milestones

Mar 05, 2014 (SPX)

NASA's aerospace industry partners continue to meet milestones under agreements with the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), as they move forward in their d...

Last Shuttle Commander Virtually Flies Boeing CST-100 to ISS

Mar 03, 2014 (SPX)

Chris Ferguson, Boeing's director of Crew and Mission Operations and commander of the final Space Shuttle flight, virtually returned to space recently in the Bo...

DARPA Open Catalog Makes Agency-Sponsored Software and Publications Available to All

Feb 27, 2014 (SPX)

DARPA has invested in many programs that sponsor fundamental and applied research in areas of computer science, which have led to new advances in theory as well...

Orion Underway Recovery Testing Begins off the Coast of California

Feb 20, 2014 (SPX)

About a hundred miles off the coast of San Diego, in the Pacific Ocean, a U.S. Navy ship's well deck filled with water as underway recovery operations began Feb...

Inside astronaut Alexander's head

Feb 18, 2014 (ESA)

The clock is ticking: in 100 days ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will be launched to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and cosmona...

NASA Welcomes University Participants to Develop Science Payloads

Feb 18, 2014 (SPX)

Registration is open for NASA's seventh annual RockOn! workshop to be held June 14-19 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. This workshop, of...

Boeing Commercial Crew Program Passes NASA Hardware, Software Reviews

Feb 17, 2014 (SPX)

Boeing's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) recently completed a hardware design review and software safety test, bringing it closer to launching the Crew Space Tran...

Is truth stranger than fiction? Yes, especially for science fiction

Feb 17, 2014 (SPX)

From warp drives to hyperspace, science fiction has continuously borrowed from, and sometimes anticipated, the state of the art in scientific progress. This has...

ORBITEC Supports NASA Kennedys Advanced Plant Habitat for ISS

Feb 14, 2014 (SPX)

Orbital Technologies Corporation is supporting a NASA Kennedy development of the Advanced Plant Habitat or (APH) for life science research and investigations on...

Hollande on Silicon Valley charm offensive

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

Francois Hollande announced Wednesday measures to boost innovation and start-ups in France, as he became the first French president in 30 years to set foot in C...

Is it time to lift alcohol ban in space?

Feb 12, 2014 (Voice of Russia)

Russians were not only the first to travel to space. They were also the first to secretly carry a bottle of brandy aboard a spaceship, while researchers were st...