SES orders satellite from Boeing
Posted: Thu, Oct 11 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
European satellite operator SES announced Wednesday it has ordered a new communications satellite from Boeing. The SES-9 satellite will be a large Boeing 702HP...

Falcon 9 launches ISS cargo ship
Posted: Mon, Oct 8 5:50 AM ET (0950 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully placed a Dragon cargo spacecraft into orbit Sunday night despite an anomaly with one of the rocket's engines. The...

Delta 4 launch encountered upper-stage engine issue
Posted: Sun, Oct 7 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) confirmed late Friday that there was a problem with the upper-stage engine during Thursday's launch of a GPS satellite...

Dragon ready for first cargo mission to ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 7 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
A Dragon spacecraft loaded with nearly a ton of equipment and supplies is cleared to launch Sunday night. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon...

Future ISS crew to spend year in space
Posted: Sat, Oct 6 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
The partners in the International Space Station program have approved plans to have two future crewmembers spend a year on the station starting in early...

Delta 4 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket successfully placed a GPS navigation satellite into orbit on Thursday. The Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) rocket lifted off from Cape...

Black hole pair found in star cluster
Posted: Thu, Oct 4 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
Astronomers reported this week the discovery of two black holes in the center of a globular star cluster where only one was expected to exist....

ATV reenters after ISS undocking
Posted: Thu, Oct 4 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
A European cargo spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere and burned up early Wednesday. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 3 spacecraft, also known as Edoardo...

Antares rolled out to Wallops launch pad
Posted: Tue, Oct 2 6:04 AM ET (1004 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation formally began operations at Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Monday by rolling out an Antares rocket stage to the...

SpaceX tests Falcon for next launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 2 5:31 AM ET (0931 GMT)
SpaceX performed a hot-fire test of the engines on the first stage of its next Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday in preparation for its...