SPACE TRAVEL - INDO DAILY

Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)

Why is NASA conducting plant research aboard the International Space Station? Because during future long-duration missions, life in space may depend on it. The ...

Who's Killing the Space Program?

Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)

This past August the U.S. landed a one-ton spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Sending a spacecraft to Mars is not unique in itself, since we have sent several e...

Fly me to the universe

Nov 25, 2012 (XNA)

In the eye of Ouyang Ziyuan, Chinese will not only explore the moon and Mars, but the sun, Venus and Jupiter, as well. "I wish we could travel further away," sa...

At Helsinki's Slush, start-ups 'speed date' for financing

Nov 23, 2012 (AFP)

It's 10:00 am at Helsinki's Cable Factory and for Yan Shtefanets, a 23-year-old Russian student, the clock is ticking: he has two minutes to pitch his start-up ...

UK Secures Billion Pound Package For Space Investment

Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)

The UK Space Agency is set to invest 1.2 pounds in some of Europe's biggest and most lucrative space projects, providing the UK with increased leadership in a r...

Europe, U.S. talk space program link

Nov 19, 2012 (UPI)

European plans to join the United States in building a manned spaceship could see a British astronaut in space before the end of the decade, officials said. A m...

NASA Selects Information Technology Flight Operations Support Contract

Nov 19, 2012 (SPX)

NASA has selected Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of McLean, Va., to provide information technology support for systems that support a wide arra...

Latest China military hardware displayed at airshow

Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)

China on Tuesday showed off a new military drone and a model of a next-generation fighter plane as it builds up its own defence capabilities and seeks customers...

Get some bed rest - all 21 days of it

Nov 13, 2012 (ESA)

Why are 12 volunteers about to spend 21 days in bed, lying with their heads tilted below the horizontal? Their experience will help to understand and address ch...

Next steps into the final frontier

Nov 12, 2012 (SPX)

Western plays host to the 2012 Canadian Space Summit, Bridging Communities: Unifying the Canadian Space Sector, Nov. 14-16. This summit will address relevant is...

CSA: Canada finds its space in space

Nov 12, 2012 (SPX)

The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades. Better yet, make it solar viewing glasses. As Western prepares to welcome delegates from academia, industry and g...

Obama Win Keeps NASA's Space Plans on Course

Nov 12, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

The reelection of US president Barack Obama could mean one small step back to the moon and a giant leap to landing astronauts on Mars and asteroids. In 2010, th...

Clarkson Professor Co-writes Book Promoting Space Exploration

Nov 12, 2012 (SPX)

For Clarkson University Professor Pier Marzocca and a group of like-minded colleagues across the nation, space isn't the "final" frontier, it's the inevitable o...

Japan's gadget failures: the futures that never happened

Nov 11, 2012 (AFP)

It gave us the Walkman, the pocket calculator and heated toilet seats, but Japan's path to innovative greatness is littered with failures such as the TV-shaped ...

SciTechTalk: All work and no play?

Nov 11, 2012 (UPI)

Microsoft's confirmation of an Office Mobile app that will let users of iOS and Android devices view and edit Word, PowerPoint and Excel files on their mobile d...

Plans for manned space missions advance

Nov 08, 2012 (UPI)

Work to re-purpose a launch complex at Florida's Cape Canaveral to support human space flights could create 250 to 300 new jobs, officials say. United Launch Al...

Voyager observes magnetic field fluctuations in heliosheath

Oct 31, 2012 (SPX)

As they near the outer reaches of the solar system, for the past several years the two Voyager spacecraft have been sending back observations that challenge sci...

New NASA Online Science Resource Available for Educators and Students

Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)

NASA has a new online science resource for teachers and students to help bring Earth, the solar system, and the universe into their schools and homes. Called NA...

'First' Pakistan astronaut wants to make peace in space

Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)

Once you've been to both poles, skydived over Mount Everest and set up your country's first consulate in Monaco, the question is: what next? For 37-year-old exp...

Space daredevil Baumgartner is 'officially retired'

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

Felix Baumgartner, the first man to break the sound barrier in freefall, says he is giving up being a daredevil but now aims to help others in trouble. "I am of...