Japanese space agencies merge
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 6:42 PM ET (2242 GMT)
Three separate Japanese government agencies devoted to space and aeronautics have officially merged into a single new agency. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officially...

DigitalGlobe wins NextView satellite contract
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 1:57 PM ET (1757 GMT)
Commercial satellite remote sensing company DigitalGlobe won a Pentagon contract this week to build a next-generation imaging satellite for commercial and military use. The...

Sea Launch puts Galaxy 13 into orbit
Posted: Wed, Oct 1 11:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
A Zenit 3SL booster successfully launched a joint US/Japanese communications satellite early Tuesday. The booster lifted off at 12:03 am EDT (0403 GMT)...

NASA: No ISS accident risk
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
NASA space station managers said Monday that they don't believe that the International Space Station is facing the same level of safety concerns as...

Lockheed, Northrop to join forces on OSP
Posted: Tue, Sep 30 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced late Monday that the two companies would work together to develop a design for NASA's Orbital Space Plane (...

Meteor strikes Indian village
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 7:24 PM ET (2324 GMT)
As many as 20 people were injured in India Sunday when a small meteor reportedly struck a village. The meteor struck a village in the...

Ariane 5 launches three satellites
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 12:26 PM ET (1626 GMT)
An Ariane 5 booster successfully launched three spacecraft, including Europe's first lunar mission, Saturday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off From Kourou, French Guiana,...

Kosmos launches six satellites
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos booster successfully launched six small satellites early Saturday. The Kosmos-3M lifted off from Plesetsk in northern Russia at 2:12 am...

Japan delays spysat launch
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
Japan has delayed Saturday's scheduled launch of two reconnaissance satellites for several days because of a problem with the H-2A launch vehicle. The...

Kosmos launch delayed one day
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
The launch of six small satellites on a Russian Kosmos booster has been delayed 24 hours to correct a problem with the launch vehicle, Russian...