Shenzhou 4 landing expected Sunday
Posted: Sat, Jan 4 5:21 PM ET (2221 GMT)
China's Shenzhou 4 spacecraft, launched nearly a week ago, is expected to land early Sunday, according to Chinese media and other reports. Chinese media...

China plans manned Shenzhou 5 launch this year
Posted: Thu, Jan 2 8:22 PM ET (0122 GMT)
A key Chinese official said Thursday that the next flight of China's Shenzhou spacecraft, scheduled for later this year, will carry one or more...

Boeing, Hughes charged with space technology transfer to China
Posted: Wed, Jan 1 2:11 PM ET (1911 GMT)
The State Department has formally accused Boeing and Hughes of willfully transferring sensitive space technologies to China in the 1990s, the Washington Post reported Wednesday....

Shenzhou 4 "operating normally"
Posted: Wed, Jan 1 1:48 PM ET (1848 GMT)
Three days after the launch of Shenzhou 4, Chinese officials said Wednesday that the spacecraft is working well. An article published Wednesday by People's...

Excess propellant cause of Proton launch failure
Posted: Tue, Dec 31 7:17 PM ET (0017 GMT)
An excess of propellant in an engine is the likely cause of the failure of a Proton launch last month, International Launch Services (ILS) announced...

Ariane 5 investigation delays Rosetta launch
Posted: Mon, Dec 30 3:00 PM ET (2000 GMT)
Arianespace announced Monday that it has delayed the launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission for at least a few days while an investigation into...

Proton M launches Nimiq 2
Updated: Mon, Dec 30 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, Dec 29 7:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
A Proton M booster, making its first commercial flight, launched a Canadian communications satellite Sunday evening. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

China launches Shenzhou 4
Posted: Sun, Dec 29 2:09 PM ET (1909 GMT)
A Long March booster has launched Shenzhou 4, a prototype of China's manned spacecraft, Chinese media reported Sunday. The Long March 2F booster carrying...

O'Keefe: ISS will remain occupied
Posted: Sat, Dec 28 7:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said in an interview Friday that there are no plans to temporarily remove crews from the International Space Station (ISS)...

Astronomers observe "dark" gamma-ray burst
Posted: Sat, Dec 28 7:31 PM ET (0031 GMT)
Thanks to a fast-acting network of spacecraft and telescopes, astronomers were able to observe for the first time a class of "dark" gamma-ray...