Scientists find evidence of ancient giant crater
Posted: Fri, May 14 7:41 PM ET (2341 GMT)
Scientists announced Thursday that they have found evidence of a giant crater buried off the coast of Australia that may be linked to the extinction...

Bigelow signs contracts for Dnepr launches
Posted: Fri, May 14 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
Bigelow Aerospace, an American company developing inflatable orbital habitats, has signed a contract for six launches on a Russian Dnepr booster, Russian news services reported...

SpaceShipOne performs third powered test flight
Updated: Fri, May 14 12:49 AM ET (0449 GMT)
Originally Posted: Thu, May 13 2:57 PM ET (1857 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the suborbital RLV under development by Scaled Composites, flew its third powered test flight Thursday morning. Scaled Composites reported that the vehicle reached a...

SES switches satellite launch from Proton to Atlas
Posted: Thu, May 13 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Wednesday that SES Americom has shifted the launch of a communications satellite from a Proton to an Atlas 5. ILS said...

China confirm Shenzhou 6 plans
Posted: Thu, May 13 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
Chinese officials this week announced that the next manned Chinese space flight will take place in the fall of 2005 and will likely carry two...

Australian satellite to fly on first Soyuz from Kourou
Posted: Wed, May 12 1:50 PM ET (1750 GMT)
An Australian communications satellite will fly on the first Soyuz rocket to be launched from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, company officials announced...

New Mexico to host X Prize Cup
Posted: Wed, May 12 8:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
The X Prize Foundation has selected New Mexico to host a competition featuring suborbital RLVs. The inaugural X Prize Cup will take place at the...

Intelsat orders Atlas 5
Posted: Tue, May 11 11:40 PM ET (0340 GMT)
Intelsat has ordered an Atlas 5 for the future launch of an unidentified satellite, an order that may be part of a bigger deal announced...

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...