Countdown Begins for Thursday Liftoff

The countdown for space shuttle Discovery’s launch on the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station…

China Mars probe set for November launch

China’s first Mars probe will be launched from a Russian rocket in November, two years later…

Discovery, Weather Look Good for Thursday Launch

The launch team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida continues to set up space shuttle…

Launch Week Begins at Kennedy for STS-133

Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A have completed pressurizing the tanks on space…

ATV Control Centre – Video

Credits: ESA TV, 2011

Luca spacewalk training

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during spacewalk training in ESA's Neutral Buoyancy Facility at the European Astronaut…

Luca Parmitano will fly to ISS in 2013 – Image

Credits: Credits: ESA - M. Koell, 2009

Shaping a transition from rocket fuel to oil rigs

Technology used to shape rocket fuel tanks could help one German company to form floats for…

Shaping a transition from rocket fuel to oil rigs

Technology used to shape rocket fuel tanks could help one German company to form floats for…

Keiji Tachikawa,Japanese Space Development Can Benefit the World