Topic: Europe
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch up to two manned space missions in 2012 as it hones the skills needed to secure a long-term manned presence in outer space, an official spokeswoman said on Monday, on the eve of the launch of ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia launched its first unmanned space flight to supply the International Space Station Sunday since an August crash left a half-sized crew on the orbital outpost and raised concerns over Moscow's role as the sole space flight provider.The Progress ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian cargo ship is poised for liftoff on Sunday to the International Space Station following a launch accident in August that cut staffing levels aboard the orbital outpost.The Progress freighter, due to launch at 6:11 a.m. ...
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank said on Monday he was eager to fly Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, likening it to a sports car and NASA's space shuttle to a big truck.Burbank has twice ...
A Russian rocket on Friday deployed the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo geopositioning system after its maiden launch from the European space base, mission chiefs said.Flight managers applauded loudly as the two satellites were placed in orbit nearly four hours after ...
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from French Guiana Friday bearing the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo global positioning system.The launch from Europe's space base in South America -- the first for a Soyuz rocket outside ...
Engineers were eyeing a second bid at the historic launch of a Soyuz rocket from Europe's space base in South America after a countdown was scrubbed by a refuelling hitch.The Soviet-Russian lifter, which traces its ancestry to the dawn of the space ...
Europe announced a 24-hour delay in the maiden launch Thursday of a Russian rocket laden with the first satellites in a rival scheme to America's GPS geopositioning system.The first launch of the legendary Soyuz from Europe's space base was scrubbed some two ...
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - An extra year of buying rides for astronauts to the International Space Station will cost the United States $450 million -- money that would be better spent speeding development of private space taxis, NASA's deputy administrator ...
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A start-up space company building inflatable habitats for commercial and government lease has laid off half its staff because of delays developing space taxis needed to fly people to the outposts, the company president said on ...
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