SMART-1 fires ion engine
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 2:01 PM ET (1801 GMT)
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft started its ion engine for the first time on Tuesday as it begins an 18-month journey to the Moon....

Loral to build two DirecTV satellites
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 11:47 AM ET (1547 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the satellite manufacturing division of satellite operator Loral, announced Wednesday that it has won a contract to build two broadcasting...

Delta 4 wins Air Force order despite ban
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 11:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
The US Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing on Tuesday for a Delta 4 launch despite an existing suspension of the company’s launch...

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,...