Space Com
Russia, Europe Target 2018 for Spaceship Debut
Space Com - 6 hours ago
By AP MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's space agency says a planned Russian-European spacecraft should make its first manned flight in a decade's time. ...

Space Com
Russian Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station
Space Com - 7 hours ago
Progress 29, known by the designation M-64 in Russia, is hauling more than two tons of supplies to the space station for Expedition 17 commander Sergei ...

Space Com
Private Space Station Prototype Hits Orbital Milestone
Space Com - 10 hours ago
The ISS celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and its oldest component - Russia's Zarya control module - surpassed the 50000-orbit mark in August 2007 ...

Space.com
China Satellite Navigation System Planned for 2010
Space.com - 2 hours ago
In addition China has yet to complete frequency coordination with the United States, Europe, Russia and others. In presentations April 23 here at the ...

Spaceflight Now
Station's First Female Commander Confident of Soyuz Fix
Space Com - 14 hours ago
US astronaut Peggy Whitson, who commanded the station's six-month Expedition 16 mission, told reporters here at NASA's Johnson Space Center that Russia's ...

Space Com
South Korea's First Astronaut Hospitalized With Back Pain
Space Com - 6 hours ago
Russia's Interfax news agency said the capsule entered the atmosphere improperly, with its hatch first instead of with its heat shields leading the way. ...

Space Com
Israeli Satellite Reaches Orbit in Land Launch Debut
Space Com - 14 hours ago
But Land Launch, operated from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 46 degrees North latitude, is capable of placing telecommunications ...

Space Com
Europe's Second Navigation System Test Satellite Blasts Off
Space Com - 26 Apr 2008
Russia's Glonass network, now only covering domestic users, could be restored to global service by the end of next year, according to Russian officials.

Space Com
European Cargo Ship Boosts Space Station's Orbit
Space Com - 7 hours ago
Russia's unmanned Progress supply vessels are also is capable of boosting the station's orbit, as are the US space shuttles of NASA. ...

Space.com
Electric Sail Prototype to Ride the Solar Wind
Space.com - 2 hours ago
Researchers from Finland, Germany, Sweden, Russia, and Italy are currently developing various components of the solar sail. Previous efforts to deploy and ...

Space Com
NASA Keeps Close Eye on Russian Spacecraft Investigation
Space Com - 22 Apr 2008
The three-segment Soyuz spacecraft design has long been Russia's workhorse of manned spaceflight. They consist of a central 6393-poound (2900-km) crew ...

Space Com
Report: Russian Spacecraft's Off-Target Landing Fraught with Risk
Space Com - 22 Apr 2008
Yi described the descent as frightening in a post-landing press conference in Russia. "At first I was really scared because it looked really, really hot and ...

Boston Globe
Space Station Astronauts Prepare for Landing
Space.com - 18 Apr 2008
Yi, meanwhile, is completing a 10-day science mission as part of a commercial agreement between the South Korean government and Russia's Federal Space ...

Space Com
New Crew Takes Charge of Space Station
Space Com - 7 hours ago
Yi, 29, is flying a 10-day mission under a $25 million commercial agreement between Russia and South Korea. She will complete a series of experiments and ...

Space Com
Next Space Tourist to Take Custom Snapshots of Earth
Space Com - 1 hour ago
... launch to the ISS with two professional astronauts under a deal brokered with Russia's Federal Space Agency by the Virginia-based firm Space Adventures. ...

eFluxMedia
South Korean Astronaut Shares Laughs, Space Food With Station Crew
Space Com - 16 hours ago
Yi is flying under a commercial agreement between Russia and South Korea, and was initially selected from a field of 36000 applicants to serve as a backup ...

Space.com
NASA, Europe Explore Joint Mission to Outer Planets
Space.com - 6 hours ago
In addition to ESA and NASA, Russia also has expressed interest in the mission, proposing a Europa lander. The Titan-Saturn flagship entails a main ...

Space Com
Russian President Vows to Boost Space Industry
Space Com - 18 hours ago
Russia has launched all its manned missions — many involving US and other foreign crew members — from the Soviet-built Baikonur cosmodrome, which it leases ...

Space Com
Russia Opens Monument to Space Dog Laika
Space Com - 15 minutes ago
By Vladimir Isachenkov AP Writer MOSCOW (AP) - Russian officials on Friday unveiled a monument to Laika, a dog whose flight to space more than 50 years ago ...

Space.com
South Korean Astronaut, Cosmonauts Arrive at Space Station
Space.com - 10 Apr 2008
"I believe that through this program, the cooperation between Russia and Korea will be strengthened... It's a great moment." Two of the current residents of ...

Space.com
New Station Crew, Korean Astronaut Rocket Into Space
Space.com - 8 Apr 2008
"I am hoping the people of North Korea are happy about my flight as well," Yi, a mechanical engineer, told reporters in Russia's cosmonaut training center ...

Space Com
South Korea's First Astronaut Hopes to Bring Koreas Closer
Space Com - 7 Apr 2008
The South Korean government has a US$20 million (euro13 million) deal with Russia for the flight. Yi was among 36000 applicants for the job in a 2006 ...

Space Com
Student Artists Wanted for Space Tourist Emblem
Space Com - 2 hours ago
Garriott, 46, is paying $30 million for an October launch to the station under an agreement brokered with Russia's Federal Space Agency by the ...

Space Com
Space Station Crew Discards Russian Cargo Ship
Space Com - 8 hours ago
Yi, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer, is bound for a science filled 10-day mission to the station under a commercial agreement between Russia's Federal ...

PhysOrg.com
New Space Station Crew Poised for Tuesday Launch
Space.com - 11 hours ago
Yi, South Korea's first astronaut, is flying a 10-day spaceflight under a commercial agreement between her country and Russia's Federal Space Agency. ...

Space.com
European Space Freighter Makes Docking Debut
Space.com - 3 Apr 2008
"Right now the vehicle can be seen clearly...it's lit by the sun," Malenchenko told Russia's Mission Control before the two spacecraft docked 212 miles (341 ...

Space Com
Europe's First Space Station Cargo Ship to Dock Today
Space Com - 2 Apr 2008
Russia's space station Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow, and its NASA counterpart in at the Johnson Space Center in Houston will also be ...

Space Com
Crew Swap Set For Space Station
Space Com - 12 hours ago
The spaceflight is the result of a commercial agreement between the government of South Korea and Russia's Federal Space Agency. ...

Who Ordered the X-Cargo?
Space Com - 2 Apr 2008
The ATV is roughly the size of a double-decker bus and can carry three times as many supplies as Russia's Progress cargo ship. ...

Space Com
European Cargo Ship Cleared to Dock at Space Station
Space Com - 2 Apr 2008
It is large enough to carry three times the cargo as Russia's unmanned Progress spacecraft and is powered by four solar panels that jut out at diagonal ...