Progress undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 25 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
An unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday to make way for the arrival of a new Progress. The old Progress,...

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon win MUOS technology contracts
Posted: Tue, Sep 24 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon won contracts from the US Navy Monday to begin technology development for a new generation of military communications satellites. Each company...

Loral agrees to joint ownership of Apstar 5
Posted: Tue, Sep 24 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
Loral Space and Communications agreed to split ownership of the Apstar 5 communications satellite on Monday as part of a deal to expedite the launch...

Robert Forward passes away
Posted: Tue, Sep 24 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
Noted scientist and futurist Robert Forward died Saturday of brain cancer at the age of 70. Forward published over 200 papers on research topics related...

Energia proposes human Mars mission
Posted: Mon, Sep 23 2:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
Russian aerospace contractor RSC Energia has released plans for its proposed human mission to Mars, Aerospace Daily reported. Energia's mission architecture includes a single...

Japan confident Nozomi will be fixed
Posted: Mon, Sep 23 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Officials with the Japanese space agency ISAS believe that the Mars-bound Nozomi spacecraft will soon return to normal operations, nearly six months after a...

New observations support Big Bang models
Posted: Mon, Sep 23 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
Data from a telescope at the South Pole has provided the latest evidence in support of current models for the Big Bang formation of the...

No charges filed against Aldrin
Posted: Sat, Sep 21 11:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
Los Angeles prosecutors decided Friday not to file assault charges against former astronaut Buzz Aldrin for punching a man earlier this month who claimed that...

Bass resumes training, could fly in 2003
Posted: Sat, Sep 21 11:23 AM ET (1523 GMT)
Pop star Lance Bass resumed training in Russia this week for a future space flight, although a bid to be a tourist on next month'...

Sea Launch considering Baikonur launch options
Posted: Fri, Sep 20 9:01 PM ET (0101 GMT)
The multinational Sea Launch consortium is considering launching rockets from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, SPACE.com reported Friday. Boeing Launch Services president Jim Maser...