Proton launches Anik F1R
Posted: Fri, Sep 9 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Canadian communications satellite early Friday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:53 pm...

NASA hurricane damage may exceed $1 billion
Posted: Fri, Sep 9 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
NASA officials said Thursday that Hurricane Katrina may cost the agency over $1 billion, but declined to speculate how much of a delay, if any,...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, Sep 9 12:20 AM ET (0420 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday. The Soyuz carrying the Progress M-54 spacecraft lifted off...

Next Shenzhou mission expected soon
Posted: Thu, Sep 8 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
Chinese officials said this week that the launch of Shenzhou 6, China's second manned spaceflight, would take place either this month or next. Zhang...

Launch companies announce contracts
Posted: Wed, Sep 7 9:35 PM ET (0135 GMT)
The three major commercial launch vehicle companies — Arianespace, International Launch Services (ILS), and Sea Launch — each announced new launch contracts on Tuesday. Arianespace...

Deep Impact comet surprisingly fluffy
Posted: Wed, Sep 7 9:21 PM ET (0121 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Deep Impact mission said this week that the comet the Deep Impact probe collided with had an unexpectedly weak...

Mars dunes may contain water
Posted: Tue, Sep 6 7:27 AM ET (1127 GMT)
Giant sand dunes on the surface of Mars may contain water ice, a scientist suggested Monday. Speaking at a science conference in Dublin, Ireland, planetary...

Mars Global Surveyor in safe mode
Posted: Mon, Sep 5 11:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft has entered a protective "safe mode" after encountering a problem with its onboard processing system, the BBC reported...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Mon, Sep 5 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Russian military satellite on Friday. The Soyuz-U booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:...

Spirit crests Martian hill
Posted: Fri, Sep 2 8:54 AM ET (1254 GMT)
The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has reached the top of a hill overlooking Gusev Crater as project scientists plot out the rover's future path,...