ILS wins Worldsat launch contact
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 2:42 PM ET (1942 GMT)
International Launch Services announces Tuesday that it has won a contract to launch a communications satellite for SES Americom subsidiary Worldsat. ILS announced that it...

Lockheed CEO to retire
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 10:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced late Monday that Vance Coffman, who had been the CEO of the company for seven years, will retire this summer, with the...

Ariane launches Rosetta
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
After several days of weather and technical delays, an Ariane 5 booster successfully launched ESA's Rosetta comet mission early Tuesday. The Ariane 5 lifted...

NASA to announce "significant" Mars discovery Tuesday
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that the space agency will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to reveal what it calls "significant findings" from the Odyssey Mars...

Poll: British public concerned about US role in space
Posted: Mon, Mar 1 7:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
A poll released Monday found that a majority of the British public felt that the US was more interested in increasing its military presence in...

Rosetta launch scheduled for Tuesday
Posted: Mon, Mar 1 2:48 PM ET (1948 GMT)
The Ariane 5 launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission has been rescheduled for early Tuesday, ESA announced Monday. The launch is scheduled for one...

Report criticizes ISS records, inspections
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 2:36 PM ET (1936 GMT)
A NASA report released Friday identified a number of problems with the International Space Station program, from poorly-kept records to an inability to inspect...

Cassini returns new Saturn image
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 2:21 PM ET (1921 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back its best image to date of the planet Saturn, around which the spacecraft will enter orbit later this...

Rosetta launch delayed to early next week
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 11:06 AM ET (1606 GMT)
The launch of the ESA's Rosetta comet mission will be delayed until at least Tuesday of next week because of a problem with the...

Suit problem cuts short ISS EVA
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 10:55 AM ET (1555 GMT)
A problem with the cooling system in one spacesuit forced an early end to a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday. Michael Foale...