Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 20 12:09 PM ET (1609 GMT)
A Russian Molniya booster launched a military communications satellite late Thursday. The Molniya-M booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at...

December shuttle mission possible but unlikely
Posted: Thu, Jun 19 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
NASA is still planning to return the shuttle to flight with a December launch, but a key official conceded that most likely that launch will...

Antenna glitch threatens SOHO mission
Posted: Thu, Jun 19 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
A problem with the high-gain antenna on the NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft could drastically reduce the amount of data the...

Space Adventures announces plans for dedicated Soyuz tourist flight
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 10:34 PM ET (0234 GMT)
Space Adventures and the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos announced Wednesday plans to fly a dedicated tourist flight to the International Space Station, the first such...

Astronomers take 3-D images of solar surface
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 10:25 PM ET (0225 GMT)
Astronomers have taken the first three-dimensional photos of the photosphere, or solar surface. At the annual conference of the American Astronomical Society's Solar...

EchoStar seeks to block DirecTV purchase
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 1:42 PM ET (1742 GMT)
Satellite TV operator EchoStar filed papers with the FCC this week, asking it to block a proposed purchase of rival DirecTV by News Corporation. In...

Russia to reopen Soyuz flights to tourists
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 10:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
The Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos and two companies are expected to announce Wednesday an agreement that could allow tourists to fly on Soyuz missions to...

Starsem wins contract to launch Venus Express
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
The Franco-Russian company Starsem announced Tuesday that it had won a contract from the European Space Agency to launch the Venus Express spacecraft. Venus...

Foam impacts cause damage in latest shuttle test
Posted: Tue, Jun 17 9:22 PM ET (0122 GMT)
In the latest test of the effects of foam debris on the shuttle, a chunk of foam created gaps between fiberglass panels in the leading...

Alcatel, Lockheed Martin announce satellite orders
Posted: Tue, Jun 17 10:45 AM ET (1445 GMT)
Alcatel Space and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems each announced contracts for two commercial communications satellites this week. On Tuesday Lockheed Martin announced that it...