European Space Agency Backs China as Space Station Partner
A Chinese news source is reporting today that the European Space Agency (ESA) supports China’s inclusion in the International Space Station (ISS) partnership. ESA’s agency’s director-general Jean-Jacques Dordain made the remarks during a Global Lunar Conference...International Team Ready for Virtual Mars Journey
Credit: ESA Credit: ESA This week a six-person crew from Russia, Europe and China will begin their voyage to Mars! Well, sort of. The adventure is a simulated 520-day journey to the red planet, one that will test the endurance of crew members to carry out a...To Mars via Moscow! New Video Details Simulated Space Travel
Starting next month, a crew of six that involves two Europeans, three Russians and one Chinese will participate in the first full-duration simulated mission to Mars. The Mars 500 experiment mimics a mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary...China Selects First Female Astronauts, Space Station Work Progresses
Add two females to China’s growing cadre of astronauts according to China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) and as reported by Chinese media outlets. Word from China Daily last week is that the two women are both aged 30 to 35, married, have college...French Guiana Spaceport Readies First Soyuz Launch
The scene is the French Guiana launch site for Arianespace – a spaceport that has been a busy hub for commercial satellite liftoffs for decades. A new milestone is to be met this year – the first launch from that facility of a Russian Soyuz launcher. Once Soyuz joins...Robotic Space Plane Set for Liftoff
All appears on schedule for tonight’s maiden flight of the reusable X-37B space plane. This U.S. Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, will be boosted into orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas booster. Its mission is to demonstrate a reliable, reusable,...NASA official battles the bugs of space travel
Source: The Washington Post In H.G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds,” Earth’s unwitting defense against the Martian hordes comes in the form of pathogenic bacteria to which the invaders lack immunity. In reality, earthlings have created an...Texans team up against Obama space vision
Source: HOUSTON CHRONICLE Texas’ congressional delegation presented a united, bipartisan front on Friday, saying President Barack Obama’s compromise on his space budget doesn’t go far enough and calling upon him to visit Johnson Space Center. Meeting...China Outlines Space Station Plans, NASA Future Debated
While the need for clarity swirls around U.S. President Obama’s plans for human spaceflight and NASA, China is pressing forward on its long march to gain a foothold in Earth orbit. Wang Wenbao, director of the Chinese Manned Space Engineering Office, outlined future...Space Talk
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