U.S. to try again to hammer out space code
The United States will join with Europe and other nations to hammer out a code of conduct for space activities, including how to deal with the growing problem of debris
Russian military says spacecraft debris falls in ocean
Pieces of a failed Russian Mars probe plummeted into the Pacific Ocean far off the Chilean coast Sunday, Russian news agencies cited a military official as saying. Debris from the
UK’s first airport city unveiled
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has unveiled plans for a £659 million (US$1 billion) airport city at Manchester Airport – the first of its kind in the UK. The
NASA Discovers New Double-Star Planet Systems
While long anticipated in both science and science fiction, the existence of a circumbinary planet — a planet orbiting two stars — like “Tatooine” portrayed in the film Star Wars
Plenty of planets
Our Milky Way galaxy contains a minimum of 100 billion planets, according to a detailed statistical study based on the detection of three planets located outside our solar system, called
U.S. weighs retaliation over Europe carbon tax
The Obama administration is laying the groundwork for possible retaliation in response to a European law requiring airlines to pay for carbon emissions. Discussions between key agencies have ramped up
Boeing wins $3.48 billion U.S. missile contract
Boeing Co beat out Lockheed Martin to retain its position as the prime contractor for the U.S. long-range missile shield, the Pentagon said on Friday. The U.S. Defense Department said
Thai Airways conducts biofuel flight
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) is set to be the first airline in Asia to fly a commercial passenger flight using biofuels, to support the Company’s Travel Green
Soyuz back in service after failed launch
Five days after a failed launch, the Russian Soyuz rocket system has been pressed back into service. The vehicle successfully put six spacecraft in orbit for US satellite phone and data
Japan picked Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as its next-generation mainstay JSF
Japan has picked Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as its next-generation mainstay fighter, choosing the radar-evading plane ahead of Boeing’s F/A-18 and the Eurofighter Typhoon. Lockheed is developing
Homegrown designs sprout for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
The expression goes, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And right now there is a need for NASA and the United States to have reliable access to low Earth orbit
Hubble Serves Up a Holiday Snow Angel
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope presents a festive holiday greeting that’s out of this world. The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched