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India's spacecraft successfully begins journey to Mars

Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)

India's first mission to Mars left Earth's orbit Sunday, successfully entering the second phase of its journey that could see New Delhi win Asia's race to the R...

Orion Flight Test Hardware Thrives Under Pressure

Nov 27, 2013 (SPX)

Hardware that will keep harmful gases away from the Orion spacecraft during its first trip to space proved it won't bend under pressure during a recent test at ...

NASA Advances Effort to Launch Astronauts Again from US Soil to Space Station

Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)

NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Space Station by the end of 2017, subj...

International Space Station to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner

Nov 24, 2013 (UPI)

The two U.S., one Japanese and three Russian crew members on the International Space Station will enjoy a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, NASA says. T...

Israeli experts launches space studies course for teachers

Nov 22, 2013 (XNA)

Israel Aerospace Industries inaugurated on Wednesday a course designed to train secondary school teachers in the instruction of space studies, the company annou...

Success of 'New Space' era hinges on public's interest

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

Capturing the public's interest is a key component for "New Space," where commercial companies are filling in some of the roles that had been traditionally play...

NASA Issues 2014 Call for Advanced Technology Concepts

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

NASA is looking for visionary concepts that have the potential to enable new missions or significantly improve current approaches to achieve aerospace objective...

Czechs ink deal with US space tourism firm

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Czech universities and firms have received the go-ahead to conduct scientific research on board an American space tourism aircraft, the Czech Space Office (CSO)...

Astronauts Next As NASA Hails Commercial ISS Resupply Program Success

Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Wednesday hailed the success of the agency's public-private partnership with American companies to resupply the International ...

Planning group calls for National Space Policy in Britain

Nov 14, 2013 (UPI)

Britain needs a national space program, sufficiently funded and properly coordinated, a report by a government/industry planning group says. The Space Innovatio...

NASA says new deep space vehicle on time for 2014 test

Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)

The first test mission of a new deep space capsule that could one day take humans to Mars is on track for September 2014, the US space agency said Tuesday. Orio...

NASA's Orion Sees Flawless Fairing Separation in Second Test

Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)

The three massive panels protecting a test version of NASA's Orion multipurpose crew vehicle successfully fell away from the spacecraft Wednesday in a test of a...

Lockheed Martin Team Tests Orion's Protective Panels

Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)

Testing at the Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale facility in California using a series of precisely-timed, explosive charges and mechanisms, proved the Orion spacecraft...

UCF Lands NASA-Funded Center, Linchpin for Future Space Missions

Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)

UCF will be home to NASA's Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (referred to as CLASS) beginning later this year, thanks to a $6 million grant awarded ...

NASA Selects Research Teams for New Virtual Institute

Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)

NASA has selected nine research teams from seven states for a new institute that will bring researchers together in a collaborative virtual setting to focus on ...

A look at recent tech sector IPOs

Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)

Here is a look at notable tech companies that have conducted initial public offerings over the past two years ahead of Twitter's IPO: FACEBOOK The social networ...

From North Pole to the stars: Russia's thrill-seeking tycoon

Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)

Other tycoons may plough their millions into yachts or private jets, but Vasily Klyukin prefers a good "adventure". On his diary for next year? A space trip wit...

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Comes to Life

Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)

NASA's first-ever deep space craft, Orion, has been powered on for the first time, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight. Orion...

NewSpace Business Plan Competition 2013 Winners Announced

Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)

Generation Orbit Launch Services has won first place and $100,000 in the 2013 NewSpace Business Plan Competition, presented yesterday by competition Project Man...

Incoming ISS Commander to Treat Crew to Sushi

Oct 28, 2013 (RIA Novosti)

The first-ever Japanese commander of the International Space Station said he plans to treat fellow residents at the orbital outpost to traditional Japanese food...