Powerful solar storm to reach Earth Friday
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 8:42 PM ET (0042 GMT)
A powerful solar storm erupted on the Sun Wednesday and is expected to reach the Earth by Friday with the potential to generate aurorae and...

Report: NASA experts opposed latest station mission
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Several space station officials within NASA disapproved of plans to send a new crew to the International Space Station this month, the Washington Post reported...

Bankruptcy court approves Loral satellite manufacturing contracts
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
A federal bankruptcy court judge has approved plans by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to finish construction of one satellite and start work on three...

Boeing cancels Spacehab contract
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Boeing has cancelled a payload processing contract it had with Spacehab subsidiary Astrotech, Spacehab announced Wednesday. The contact, which went through 2010, covered commercial payload...

EADS, ILS win Arabsat contracts
Posted: Tue, Oct 21 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
Middle Eastern satellite operator Arabsat announced Tuesday that it will purchase two new communications satellites from EADS Astrium and launch them on Protons provided by...

Sea Launch plans Baikonur launches of Zenit 3SL
Posted: Tue, Oct 21 8:07 PM ET (0007 GMT)
The multinational Sea Launch venture announced Monday that it will go ahead with plans to launch its Zenit 3SL booster from Baikonur in a bid...

China launches two satellites
Posted: Tue, Oct 21 10:40 AM ET (1440 GMT)
A Chinese booster launched two satellites, including a remote sensing satellite jointly operated with Brazil, on Tuesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from...

Intelsat wins auction for Loral satellites
Posted: Mon, Oct 20 8:15 PM ET (0015 GMT)
Loral has selected Intelsat as the winner of an auction to purchase five of Loral's North American communications satellites, the two companies announced late...

Energia: ISS funding problem "catastrophic"
Posted: Mon, Oct 20 8:08 PM ET (0008 GMT)
The head of the Russian company that builds the Soyuz and Progress spacecraft used for the International Space Station said Monday that a lack of...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Mon, Oct 20 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the next crew for the International Space Station docked with the orbiting facility early Monday. The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft docked...