Atlas 5 launches WorldView-3
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 7:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the most powerful commercial remote sensing satellite to date on Wednesday. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Vandenberg...

ULA selects new CEO
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint venture that manufactures Atlas and Delta rockets, announced Tuesday the surprise selection of a new president and CEO. ULA...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
The fifth and final European cargo spacecraft sent to the International Space Station docked with the ISS as planned on Tuesday. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (...

NASA postpones upcoming ISS spacewalks
Posted: Tue, Aug 12 9:06 AM ET (1306 GMT)
NASA has delayed a pair of spacewalks that had been planned to take place from the International Space Station later this month because of a...

China launches first satellite in four months
Posted: Sat, Aug 9 9:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched what Chinese officials called a remote sensing satellite on Saturday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan...

SSL wins contract for Intelsat 36 satellite
Posted: Fri, Aug 8 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
Space Systems Loral announced this week that it won a contract from Intelsat to build the Intelsat 36 satellite. The spacecraft will operate over the...

Rosetta achieves rendezvous with comet
Posted: Wed, Aug 6 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft arrived at its destination on Tuesday, a comet the spacecraft has been chasing for a decade. Rosetta fired its thrusters for...

Falcon 9 launches AsiaSat 8
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a commercial communications satellite in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday. The Falcon 9 v1.1 lifted off from...

ILS reduces staff, expects decline in launches
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 9:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
International Launch Services (ILS), the US-based company that markets Russia's Proton rocket, said Monday it was laying off a quarter of its workforce...

SpaceX selects Texas for commercial launch site
Posted: Tue, Aug 5 9:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
SpaceX will establish a commercial launch site on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas, confirming long-held plans. Texas Governor Rick...