LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to ...
A California-based firm was named winner of a one-million-dollar prize backed by US space agency NASA to design a craft capable of a ...
NASA successfully launched the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020. The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket in the world, blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral ...
Russian space chief says future nuclear spaceship could fly humans to Mars, other planets Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday. Anatoly Perminov first proposed building the ...
NASA took a major step forward Wednesday in its plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 with the successful launch of a next generation space rocket. After several delays, the Ares I-X, the tallest rocket ever built, blasted off at ...
The Ares I-X test rocket lifts off successfully from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.(AP Photo/John Raoux) Copyright 2009 AP News
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - OCTOBER 28: NASA Ares I-X mission managers watch as NASA's Ares I-X rocket launches from pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center October 28, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA has designed the Ares to be the replacement ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned NASA rocket designed to help develop a new space taxi service to the moon streaked through the sky on Wednesday on a successful two-minute test flight. The 327-foot (100-meter) Ares 1-X rocket, the world's tallest, ...
Russian space chief proposes designing nuclear-powered spaceship Russia's space agency is planning to build a new spaceship with a nuclear engine, its chief said Wednesday. Anatoly Perminov told a government meeting Wednesday that the preliminary design could be ready by 2012. He ...
NASA is hoping calmer weather Wednesday will permit a second-attempt launch of a prototype rocket that could take astronauts back to the Moon, and perhaps one day also send them to Mars. Liftoff is targeted for a four-hour window from 8:00 am ...
NASA has delayed until Wednesday attempts to test a prototype rocket designed to return astronauts to the Moon, and perhaps one day send them to Mars. After a series of delays due to the weather, the launch of the Ares I-X from ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - OCTOBER 27: NASA's Ares 1-X rocket is seen on launch pad 39-b as its first test launch was scrubbed due to bad weather in the area at the Kennedy Space Center October 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ...
