Arianespace, EADS sign contract for Ariane 5 order
Posted: Tue, May 11 8:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
Arianespace and European aerospace company EADS signed a multi-billion-euro contract Monday for a new batch of Ariane 5 boosters. The contract, valued at &#...

Space organizations band together to push exploration plan
Posted: Tue, May 11 8:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
Thirteen space industry and advocacy organizations have joined forces to promote the new space exploration initiative introduced by President Bush earlier this year. The Space...

Phoenix performs first glide test
Posted: Sun, May 9 5:24 PM ET (2124 GMT)
Phoenix, the subscale prototype of a proposed European RLV, successfully completed its first glide test Saturday. The six-meter-long Phoenix was dropped from a...

Opportunity reaches edge of Endurance Crater
Posted: Fri, May 7 1:12 PM ET (1712 GMT)
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the edge of a larger crater near its landing site as scientists and engineers decide whether, and when,...

NASA unveils new astronaut class
Posted: Thu, May 6 8:47 PM ET (0047 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday a new class of 11 astronauts, many of whom may have to wait the better part of a decade to actually fly...

SpaceX announces first Falcon 5 sale
Posted: Thu, May 6 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced this week the first sale of its medium-lift Falcon 5 launch vehicle. Company founder and CEO Elon Musk said...

X Prize renamed to reflect major new donation
Posted: Wed, May 5 2:01 PM ET (1801 GMT)
The X Prize, a $10-million prize for commercial suborbital RLVs, announced a major new donation and corresponding name change on Wednesday. The prize foundation...

NOAA to retire GOES satellite
Posted: Wed, May 5 10:22 AM ET (1422 GMT)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will retire a 10-year-old weather satellite on Wednesday, the agency announced this week. The GOES-8...

Sea Launch deploys DirecTV satellite
Posted: Tue, May 4 2:13 PM ET (1813 GMT)
The multinational Sea Launch consortium successfully launched a new satellite for direct TV broadcasting company DirecTV early Tuesday. The Zenit 3SL lifted off from Sea...

PanAmSat reports first-quarter loss
Posted: Mon, May 3 8:06 PM ET (0006 GMT)
Satellite operator PanAmSat reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter Monday because of a one-time charge related to the on-orbit failure of...