NASA, Roscosmos select crew for year-long ISS mission Posted: Wed, Nov 28 6:39 AM ET (1139 GMT) NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Monday they had selected the crew that would perform a year-long mission on the International Space... EchoStar signs launch deal with Arianespace Posted: Wed, Nov 28 6:26 AM ET (1126 GMT) Satellite services company EchoStar announced Monday it has signed a multi-launch deal with Arianespace. The company, which operates satellites for the DISH Network direct-... China launches remote sensing satellite Posted: Sun, Nov 25 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT) A Long March rocket placed a Chinese remote sensing satellite into orbit on Sunday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite... Dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere Posted: Fri, Nov 23 1:45 PM ET (1845 GMT) Astronomers observing a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Makemake found no evidence of an atmosphere around the distant, icy world. Astronomers observed the occultation... European ministers agree on Ariane 5 upgrade, Orion participation Posted: Thu, Nov 22 1:13 PM ET (1813 GMT) Ministers from the 20 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) concluded their two-day meeting Wednesday, agreeing to develop an upgraded version of... Proton launches EchoStar satellite Posted: Wed, Nov 21 6:43 PM ET (2343 GMT) A Proton rocket successfully launched an American communications satellite on the same day that the company that markets the Proton commercially replaced its president. The... Astronomers directly image "super-Jupiter" exoplanet Posted: Tue, Nov 20 7:08 AM ET (1208 GMT) Astronomers announced Monday they had directly imaged a massive extrasolar planet orbiting another star. Kappa Andromedae b has a mass 12.8 times that of... Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers to Earth Posted: Mon, Nov 19 6:37 AM ET (1137 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three returning International Space Station crewmembers safely landed early Monday in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft undocked from the ISS... China launches environmental monitoring satellite Posted: Mon, Nov 19 6:17 AM ET (1117 GMT) A Long March rocket launched a Chinese environmental monitoring satellite on Monday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center... Two NASA center directors to retire Posted: Sat, Nov 17 10:18 AM ET (1518 GMT) NASA announced Friday that the directors of the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and the Johnson Space Center in Houston will retire at the end... |
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