Iran launches rocket carrying animals into space
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 5:05 AM ET (1005 GMT)
The Iranian government said Wednesday that it had launched a rocket carrying a capsule with a number of animals in it into space. The Kavoshgar-...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 6:36 AM ET (1136 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 10:45 pm EST Tuesday (0345...

NASA awards commercial crew funds
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 6:27 AM ET (1127 GMT)
As NASA begins plans to rely on commercial providers to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, the agency awarded Monday $50 million to five companies...

NPOESS program restructured
Posted: Tue, Feb 2 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
A weather satellite program that has suffered from delays and cost overruns will be restructured in the administration's budget request, unwinding a controversial joint...

NASA budget proposal would cancel Constellation
Posted: Mon, Feb 1 6:27 PM ET (2327 GMT)
The White House released its proposed fiscal year 2011 budget Monday that included a radical new proposal to end NASA's Constellation program. The $19-...

SpaceX wins contract for Israeli satellite launch
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 5:21 AM ET (1021 GMT)
SpaceX, seeking to gain a foothold in the commercial GEO satellite launch market, announced this week that it won a contract to launch an Israeli...

Eutelsat spacecraft suffers anomaly
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 5:09 AM ET (1009 GMT)
A Eutelsat communications satellite suffered a technical problem late Wednesday, disrupting broadcasting services. The Eutelsat W2 spacecraft, located at 16 degrees east in GEO, went...

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 1:00 PM ET (1800 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed a Russian military communications satellite into orbit early Thursday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Reports: White House to increase NASA budget, cancel Ares
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 6:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
After weeks of rumors of substantial changes to NASA's future space exploration programs, White House and NASA officials said late Wednesday that the agency'...

Endeavour cleared for launch
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 6:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
Shuttle managers Wednesday gave their approval for plans to launch the space shuttle Endeavour early next month. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on mission STS-...