Kazakhstan Space Station

2010-03-18T08:01:12Z

The Russian Soyuz TMA-16 space capsule carrying NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian Maxim Surayev touches down not far from the Kazakh town of Arkalyk, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Astronauts from the United States and Russia landed safely in northern United States and Russia landed safely in northern Kazakhstan's chilly steppes on Thursday after spending almost six months on the International Space Station.</p><p>The Russian Soyuz TMA-16 capsule carrying ...

Astronauts return to Earth on Russian spacecraft

2010-03-18T07:16:27Z

<div><p>A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday from the International Space Station (ISS) after 169 days in space, mission control in Moscow said.</p><p>"The crew of the Souyz TMA-16 craft is on Earth," it said in a statement, after Jeffrey Williams of...

Russian astronauts back down to earth

2010-03-18T06:15:53Z

<div><p>A Russian spacecraft carrying a Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut back from the International Space Station (ISS) has landed in Kazakhstan, mission control in Moscow said on Thursday.</p><p>"The crew of the Souyz TMA-16 craft...

U.S.-Russian duo returns to Earth from space station

2010-03-18T05:15:22Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursda...

Leaky valves could delay space shuttle launch

2010-03-15T12:17:06Z

<div id="subtitle">NASA: Leaky valves could delay April launch of space shuttle Discovery, extra tests planned</div><div><p>Space shuttle Discovery has some leaky valves that could delay its launch next month.</p><p>NASA discovered the helium leaks over the weekend. The valves are part of a control system used to maneuver the shuttle in orbit a...

Help wanted: Space flight experience required

2010-03-15T10:16:59Z

<div><p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring.</p><p>Bigelow Aerospace, a

SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success

2010-03-14T18:15:09Z

<div><p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately dev...

US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program

2010-03-11T16:16:56Z

<div><p>A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel.</p><p>"Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers -- 10 Republicans and five China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.</p><p>The women were part of a "second batch" of seven people who will take over manned space-flight duties from the nation's first generation of astronauts, Xinhua news ag...

Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA

2010-03-09T19:16:01Z

<div><p>The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday.</p><p>"I think the real issue that the agency and the nation has to address is the expense," said Space Shuttle Program Manager John Sh...

Space Shuttle

2010-03-09T11:46:34Z

The crew of space shuttle Discovery, from left, pilot James Dutton, mission specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut NASA: Money key to keeping space shuttles flying longer, more missions technically feasible</div><div><p>With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.</p><p>NASA's three shuttles are scheduled to retire in September, after four more trips to the CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 5: NASA's STS-131mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki walks out of the operations and checkout building at Kennedy Space CenterMarch 5, 2010, in Cape Canaveral. The a...

Former head of Johnson Space Center dies in Texas

2010-03-07T07:46:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Aaron Cohen, former head of Johnson Space Center, pioneer of shuttle program, dies in Texas</div><div><p>Aaron Cohen, the former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center who helped create the space shuttle program, has died in Colle...

Russia faces cosmonaut shortage: official

2010-03-03T12:18:00Z

<div><p>Russia faces a shortage of candidates to be cosmonauts as fewer Russians than before are showing an interest in going to space, the head of its space training centre said on Wednesday.</p><p>Following icons like Yuri Gagarin into space has been a traditional dream of young Russians but now interest is falling, said shuttle Discovery transported to launch pad for Easter Monday flight to space station</div><div><p>Space shuttle Discovery is at its launch pad for an Easter Monday flight to the International Space Station.</p><p>NASA moved the shuttl...

Russia halts space tours as U.S. retires Shuttle

2010-03-03T09:33:45Z

<div><p>STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Russia announced a halt to space tourism on Wednesday, saying it would struggle to ferry professional crews to the International Space Station after the U.S. mothballs its shuttle fleet this year.</p><p>NAS...

Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls Out To Launch Pad

2010-03-03T07:35:59Z

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 3: Space Shuttle Discovery rolls out to launch pad 39-A atop the crawler transporter at Kenendy Space Center March 3, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is scheduled to launch to the International ...

China's space station plan delayed

2010-03-03T04:16:56Z

<div><p>China has postponed the next step in its ambitious space station programme until 2011 for technical reasons, state media said Wednesday.</p><p>China had originally planned to place the Tiangong-1 space module in orbit late this year and undertake experimental docking manoeuvres in subsequent missions, Xinhua news agency cited rocket designer Qi Faren as sa...

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