Made in Space
History characterizes the various eras of civilization in terms of available materials technology, leading to the recognition of such eras as the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Steel Age, and Si...
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Made with Space Technology
To meet the many goals of space exploration and aeronautical development, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the aerospace industry sought many inn...
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Russia will cooperate with China on space projects, but will not transfer sensitive technologies that could enable Beijing to become a rival in a future space race, the head of the Russia's space a...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
SPACE EXPLORATION (IHT/Asahi as translated from the
Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Oct. 11)
In 1957, the world...
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Washington (dpa) - An independent NASA report found that on two
occasions astronauts were drunk before flying on space shuttle
mission.
Meanwhile, the US spac...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
CHINA PULLING AHEAD OF JAPAN IN SPACE RACE (The Daily Yomiuri as
translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)
China's space technology has pr...
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BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters) - China, the third country to put
a man into space aboard its own rocket, will open part of the
second stage of its moon mission projects to private funding, a
newspaper s...
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Brussels (dpa) - Europe's planned satellite-navigation system
Galileo will be financed from public coffers only, the European
Commission said Wednesday, scrapping a plan to ...
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Iran launched a research rocket and unveiled its first major space center, state television reported Monday, the latest steps in a program many fear may be cover for further development of its mili...
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China's government is revising its laws to try to encourage
scientists to carry out higher risk research projects and to lessen
pressure on them to fabricate their results, state-run media re...
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Beijing (dpa) - If China succeeds in its ambition to assemble a
permanent space station by 2020, the orbital workplace would have its
own tiny branch of the ruling Communist...
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BEIJING, Oct 31 (Reuters) - China is to build a new family
of rocket launchers designed to send space stations or
heavyweight satellites into orbit, state media reported on
Wednesday, in the lates...
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