Investigators: SpaceShipTwo feathering system deployed prematurely
Posted: Mon, Nov 3 10:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late Sunday that data they have collected indicates that SpaceShipTwo's feathering system appeared to deploy...

NTSB begins investigation of SpaceShipTwo crash
Posted: Sun, Nov 2 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
The National Transportation Safety Board started their investigation Saturday into the October 31 crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, an accident that killed one pilot...

SpaceShipTwo crashes in test flight, one pilot killed
Posted: Sat, Nov 1 9:21 AM ET (1321 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane crashed during a test flight Friday near Mojave, California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. The vehicle, making...

Chinese spacecraft returns from circumlunar mission
Posted: Sat, Nov 1 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
A Chinese spacecraft landed Saturday after completing a trip around the Moon, a test for a future sample return mission. The spacecraft, previously designated Chang'...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 31 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed a Russian military satellite into orbit on Thursday. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

Atlas launches GPS satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket, flying its 50th mission, successfully launched a navigation satellite Wednesday afternoon. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Progress cargo spacecraft sent to ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early Wednesday that docked with the International Space Station several hours later. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket...

Antares rocket explodes moments after liftoff
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket exploded seconds after lifting off from Virginia Tuesday evening, destroying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft it was carrying. The Antares...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese satellite Monday that state media says will be used to conduct scientific experiments. The Long March 2C rocket...

Errant boat scrubs Antares launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 28 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A boat that strayed into restricted waters forced launch controllers to scrub Monday's scheduled launch of a cargo mission to the International Space Station....