Soyuz to launch first Galileo satellites
Posted: Thu, Mar 4 10:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)
The European Space Agency has selected Starsem to launch the first demonstration Galileo satellites on Soyuz rockets late next year. Under the contract, announced Wednesday...

House passes asteroid awards bill
Posted: Thu, Mar 4 10:10 AM ET (1510 GMT)
The House of Representatives passed by a nearly unanimous vote Wednesday legislation that would provide awards to amateur astronomers who discover near Earth asteroids (NEAs)....

ISS orbit boosted
Posted: Thu, Mar 4 12:08 AM ET (0508 GMT)
An engine burn by a Progress spacecraft late Tuesday boosted the orbit of the International Space Station. The Progress M1-11 cargo spacecraft, docked to...

Lockheed may pay for dropped satellite
Posted: Wed, Mar 3 11:49 PM ET (0449 GMT)
Lockheed Martin may be forced to pay up to $400 million for damage to a US government weather satellite dropped at a company factory last...

Rover reveals region of Mars once drenched in water
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 3:28 PM ET (2028 GMT)
Data collected by NASA's Mars rover Opportunity have led scientists to conclude that at least one region of Mars was once "drenched" in liquid...

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...