Orbital reports quarterly profit
Posted: Tue, Jul 20 6:43 PM ET (2243 GMT)
Orbital Science Corporation announced Tuesday increased revenues and profits in its fiscal second quarter. The company reported net income of $11.1 million on $177....

EADS to build imaging satellite for Thailand
Posted: Mon, Jul 19 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
European aerospace company EADS announced Monday that it has signed a contract with Thailand's space agency to build a remote sensing satellite that may...

Shuttle return-to-flight costs climb
Posted: Mon, Jul 19 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
The cost of returning the space shuttle to flight after last year's loss of Columbia continues to climb, NASA officials said Friday, with the...

Ariane 5 launches Anik F2
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
After near a week of delays, an Ariane 5 launched a Canadian communications satellite Saturday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off from the Kourou Space...

Spirit finds Martian bedrock
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, moving backwards to deal with a faulty wheel, has encountered a bedrock outcrop that may contain some of the...

Ariane launch delayed again
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
For the third time in less than a week the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket was scrubbed, this time because of fueling problems. The...

NASA selects New Frontiers mission candidates
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
NASA announced Friday the selection of missions to the Moon and Jupiter as finalists to be the agency's next mission in its New Frontiers...

Weather delays Ariane launch
Posted: Fri, Jul 16 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
Poor weather postponed Thursday night's scheduled launch of an Ariane 5 carrying a Canadian communications satellite. The Ariane 5G was scheduled to lift off...

Japan agrees to end TRMM mission
Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2:32 PM ET (1832 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA has agreed with a NASA proposal to shut down an earth sciences spacecraft that has been operating since 1997. JAXA,...

Delta launches Aura
Posted: Thu, Jul 15 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched NASA's Aura earth sciences spacecraft after several days of delays. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off on schedule...