China completes nation’s first space docking

China took a crucial step towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station…

ATV-3 Solar Panels fully extended – Image

Credits: ESA, Arianespace, Photo Optique du CSG - J.M. Guillon

Media Invited To View Next J-2X Rocket Engine Test

Reporters are invited to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Wednesday, Nov. 9…

NASA’s Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar, 100 Pulsars To-Date

An international team of scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful…

Bean Walks on the Moon

Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot, pauses near a tool carrier during the Apollo 12…

ORS-1 named one of nation’s top new technologies

EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS FIRST QUARTER 2011-2012 REVENUES UP 3.4% ON TRACK TO MEET FULL YEAR OBJECTIVES

First quarter revenues: €295.4 million, up 3.4% (+5.5% at constant currencies). Two recent launch successes: New…

Megatelescopes look for support

As a huge European observatory nears approval, a National Science Foundation funding competition between equivalent US…

Megatelescopes look for support

As a huge European observatory nears approval, a National Science Foundation funding competition between equivalent US…

Astronomers gear up for asteroid fly-by

An unusually close near-Earth asteroid gets observers excited.