Orbital Observatory «Plank» for study the microwave background radiation of the Universe, on Thursday, August 13, handed over the first data. About it the European Space Agency (ESA) reported in the press release ..

Zhukovsky, Moscow Region., 18 — 23 August 2009. On the territory of Leah by Gromov during the six days will be the most important aerospace event two years — MAKS 2009. The exhibition is organized under the auspices of the exposition the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos), which traditionally takes part leading domestic space instrumentation — Federal State Unitary Enterprise «Russian Scientific Research Institute of Space Instrument» (FSUE «RISDE»)..

The U.S. space agency plans to test a special inflatable protective system for the members of space vehicles in atmosphere. Tests designated by 17 August 2009..

AsiaSat-5 launched yesterday night aboard Proton-M rocket from Baikonur separated from the Breeze-M upper stage at 9:02 Moscow time..

South Korea postponed the launch of the first rocket to August 19, 2009 «for reasons related to the first stage». Earlier, the launch was scheduled for 11 August 2009..

Following the `go` of the State Board, Proton-M with Breeze-M and AsiaSat-5 satellite aboard were rolled out to the launch pad 200..

Prelaunch processing of the Soyuz TMA-16 crew vehicle begis at Baikonur..

Probe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suddenly switched to a spare computer, and moved to safe mode. Currently, engineers are conducting a series of tests that should determine the reasons for the unusual behavior of the probe..

On Thursday, August 6, at the International Space Station has been training, which was simulated fire in the Russian module «Zvezda», «Interfax» reports referring to the press service of Mission Control Center..

Assembly of the Proton-M launcher ans its mechanical integration with the upper composite (AsiaSat-5+Breeze-M+fairing)..

The bag lost American astronaut in orbit, burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere..

NASA, together with the comparative effectiveness of flights (Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency — CAFE) announced a competition to create the most economical aircraft..

South Korea has announced the launch date of the first missile, the news agency YONHAP. Start scheduled for 11 August 2009.

Shuttle «Endeavor» Friday, July 31, landed at the cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Shuttle landing shows in a live television CNN. Space shuttle sat at 18:48 Moscow time, as scheduled..

A probe Opportunity has found a piece of the rock on Mars, which is a high probability of a meteorite. Find is described in a message on the website NASA..

Shuttle «Endeavor» astronauts launched into orbit, four minisatelites. The two devices are the models for testing new technologies, while another two are to study the atmosphere..

Russian cargo spaceship «Progress M-67» docked to the ISS in manual mode. Cargo spaceship has moored to the Russian module «Zvezda»..

«Dnepr» carrier rocket, launched on Wednesday at 22:46 Moscow time from Baikonur (Kazakhstan), put into orbit, six foreign satellites of purposes, «Interfax» reported..

At 21:26 Moscow time Tuesday (13:26 Eastern Daylight Time) «Endeavor» undocked from the International Space Station and began a flight to the Earth, it will take about three days, NASA reported..

Start the European apparatus for the study of Mars ExoMars moved a third time. This information appeared on the portal BBC News. The new date of launch vehicle for the study of Mars is scheduled for 2018..