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The Xinhua News Agency is reporting China has agreed to carry a bio sample for the European Space Agency on the country's Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, this according to Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.
Read MoreThe European Union on Thursday, February 12, presented a proposal for a voluntary international code on the use of outer space to the Conference on Disarmament, just days after a Russian and U.S. satellite collided.
Read MoreOfficials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Sweden to align with Spaceport America as ‘Sister Spaceports’.
Read MoreToday in Brussels, the amendment to the EC-ESA GMES agreement was signed by Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA Director General, and Mr. Heinz Zourek, Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry.
Read MoreVietnam’s first satellite, VINASAT-1, was launched last April and all was successful. Now their Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that France would be the provider of technology and official development assistance (ODA) for the natural resources, environment and disaster monitoring of small satellite (VNREADSat-1), Vietnam’s second satellite after Vinasat-1.
Read MoreMr. Stanis³aw Gaw³owski, Secretary of State of the Ministry of the Environment, and Prof. Mieczys³aw Ostojski, Director-General of Poland’s Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, met a EUMETSAT delegation led by the organization’s Director-General, Dr. Lars Prahm.
Read MoreLatvia has signed the accession agreement to become a full Member State of EUMETSAT.
Read MoreEUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 66th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, from December 9th through 10th.
Read MoreThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) concluded a Memorandum of Unity (MOU) for cooperating in monitoring World Heritage Sites using the Advanced Land Observing Satellite "DAICHI" (ALOS) to watch and protect the common legacy of all mankind.
Read MoreNASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012.
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