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Seoul likely to set new date for space rocket launch

South Korea will likely set a new date for the launch of its first space rocket Monday after a Russian-made defective part of the rocket made it impossible to send off the rocket last week, officials...

Oct 29, 2012
SpaceX capsule completes successful first mission

The unmanned SpaceX capsule made a safe splashdown in the Pacific Sunday after successfully delivering its first commercial payload to the International Space Station. The capsule parachuted into th...

Oct 29, 2012
U.S. scientists make embryos with ...2 women, 1 man

NEW YORK (AP) ― Scientists in the U.S. have created embryos with genes from one man and two women, using a provocative technique that someday could be used to prevent babies from inheriting certain r...

Oct 28, 2012
Anti-aging compound discovered

Scientists suggests beta-lapachone works as well as diet, exercise for disease prevention

Oct 28, 2012
Korea's rocket launch expected in mid-November

Spectators leave an outdoor venue where a series of celebration performances were scheduled to take place near the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Friday. Korea halted its space ...

Oct 28, 2012
Naro rocket launch delayed

Spectators leave an outdoor venue where a series of celebration performances were scheduled to take place near the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Friday. Korea halted its space ...

Oct 26, 2012
Japan mulls manned space capsule by 2017

Artist`s impression of Japanese crew capsule. (UPI) Japan intends to be launching astronauts into space aboard a manned capsule by 2017, officials with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency say. T...

Oct 26, 2012
Korea's space rocket launch delayed due to technical glitch

South Korea postponed its launch of a space rocket Friday due to a problem that was detected only hours before its scheduled liftoff. Cho Yul-rae, vice minister of education, science and technology,...

Oct 26, 2012
Space rocket ready for lift-off Friday

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 is scheduled for liftoff at 3:30 p.m. Friday with Koreans hoping it will open a new chapter in the nation’s space technology. The rocket known as the Naro-3 was plac...

Oct 25, 2012
SNU professor finds new role of stem cell protein

Kim V-narry Professor Kim V-narry of Seoul National University is once again in the headlines producing research results published in the online version of the leading biological journal Cell for th...

Oct 25, 2012
Nanotechnology can change color of gold

(AP) Gold doesn‘t have to appear gold in color, and in fact a new nanotechnology technique can turn it red or even green, British researchers say. A University of Southampton team has found they ca...

Oct 25, 2012
Naro rocket ready for launch on Friday

Korea still needs more work to develop proprietary rockets

Oct 24, 2012
Dogs react to yawning after 7 months

LUND, Sweden (UPI) -- Dogs, like humans, are susceptible to contagious yawning, but it develops gradually and puppies younger than 7 months seem immune, Swedish researchers say. Researchers at Lund ...

Oct 24, 2012
Mars canyon star of dramatic cosmic image

(ESA-UPI) A European spacecraft orbiting Mars has captured new images of one of the solar system's most dramatic geological features, scientists say. Valles Marineris on Mars is a chasm 125 miles w...

Oct 24, 2012
Korea lags behind in spending for space development

Korea lags far behind other economies such as the U.S., Russia and Japan in space technology investment. The country is also behind China and India, which have made significant investments in the de...

Oct 23, 2012

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