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Northrop Grumman's Modular Space Vehicle Completes CDR Process
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has just finished conducting a two-day Spacecraft Baseline Interim Design Review, successfully completing the Spacecraft Bus Critical Design Re...
Astronaut Zucchini - A Tradition of Sprouts in Space
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
There are many mascots for space science and exploration, but who knew that giving a voice to a vegetable would catch on and inspire kids on Earth? These studen...
XCOR and Excalibur Almaz sign MOU for suborbital training services
Jun 26, 2012 (SPX)
Excalibur Almaz Limited (EA), a commercial aerospace company based on the Isle of Man, British Isles, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with California...
Complex Challenges Solved In Tech Meetings For Commercial Crew Program
Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Commercial Crew Program is turning to a number of strategies to work through the complex challenges of engineering a new generation of rockets and spacec...
Boeing Completes Key Reviews of Space Launch System
Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has completed its first major technical reviews for the cryogenic stages of the Space Launch System (SLS), bringing the team into the design phase for th...
Two NASA Visualizations Selected for Computers Graphics Showcase
Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)
A NASA computer animation that shows how the sun's heat drives the Earth's swirling winds and ocean currents and a series that tours the lunar surface and the e...
NASA technology-sharing portal announced
Jun 21, 2012 (UPI)
NASA says it has launched an Internet portal to accelerate technology transfer from the space agency to U.S. businesses, industry and the public. The Technology...
Flying to space is also women's work: Russian cosmonaut
Jun 18, 2012 (XNA)
There are no jobs specifically for men or women, so flying to space is also women's work, former Soviet female cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya told Xinhua in an i...
West must cut appetite for cars and TVs, says UN official
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
Rich countries will have to stop the consumer high life as part of any deal to heal the world's social and environmental stresses, a top UN official said ahead ...
Data From Voyager 1 Points To Interstellar Future
Jun 15, 2012 (JPL)
Data from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft indicate that the venerable deep-space explorer has encountered a region in space where the intensity of charged particles...
The pressure is on for aquanauts
Jun 12, 2012 (ESA)
A splashdown in the ocean used to mark the end of an astronaut's mission. For ESA astronaut Timothy Peake and his crewmates, their mission will have just starte...
Virgin Galactic Opens New Office
Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)
Virgin Galactic opened a new office in Las Cruces, N.M., that will complement the commercial spaceline's growing operations team at Spaceport America and enhanc...
US scientists host 'bake sale for NASA'
Jun 08, 2012 (AFP)
Could some really great cupcakes be enough to send Americans back to the Moon? More than a dozen US universities are hosting events on Saturday to urge support ...
XCOR Appoints Space Expedition Corp As General Sales Agent For Space Tourism Flights
Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)
With the Tom Sachs space-themed art exhibit, "Space Program: Mars" as a backdrop, XCOR Aerospace named Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) as the new General Sal...
CU-Boulder students to help NASA develop plant food production for deep space
Jun 07, 2012 (SPX)
University of Colorado Boulder students and faculty have been selected to develop a remotely operable, robotic garden to support future astronauts in deep space...
China calls for inclusive development of outer space
Jun 07, 2012 (XNA)
China advocates peaceful use of outer space and will strive for inclusive development of outer space, a senior Chinese diplomat said here Wednesday. The notion ...
European Union launches latest space regulation efforts
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Europe's rule-making bureaucracy is moving forward with plans to introduce some earthly order to the unruly heavens, unveiling its latest efforts Wednesday to r...
New Moon for India
May 28, 2012 (SPX)
India's lunar exploration program seems to be on hold for the moment. The ambitious plan to land a rover on the Moon in a joint mission with Russia, followed in...
Boeing Completes Software PDR Of New Crew Ship
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has completed the software Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev-2) initiative on May 18. CCDev-2 is part of NASA's ...
NASA hails 'new era' in exploration
May 24, 2012 (IANS)
NASA head Charles Bolden has hailed a "new era" in exploration after the launch of the first cargo delivery to the space station Tuesday by a private company, B...
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