ILS wins contract to launch Norwegian satellite
Posted: Thu, Nov 10 8:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Wednesday that it has won a contract to launch a Norwegian communications satellite on a Proton. ILS will use a Proton...

Soyuz launches Venus Express
Posted: Wed, Nov 9 8:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
A Soyuz booster launched Europe's first mission to Venus early Wednesday. The Soyuz-Fregat lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:...

Zenit launches Inmarsat satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 8 10:57 PM ET (0357 GMT)
A Sea Launch Zenit 3SL booster successfully launched a large communications satellite early Tuesday. The Zenit 3SL lifted off from the Odyssey floating launch platform,...

Report: NASA asteroid mission delayed
Posted: Tue, Nov 8 7:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
NASA has told the team developing an asteroid mission to "stand down" from launch preparations, SPACE.com reported Monday. The Dawn spacecraft was scheduled for...

Coats named new JSC director
Posted: Tue, Nov 8 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that former astronaut Michael Coats will be the next director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Coats, selected as an astronaut...

ISS crew completes spacewalk
Posted: Mon, Nov 7 7:38 PM ET (0038 GMT)
The two astronauts on the International Space Station performed a spacewalk outside the orbiting outpost on Monday, installing a new camera and carrying out other...

Inmarsat launch delayed
Updated: Mon, Nov 7 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sat, Nov 5 7:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
The launch of an Inmarsat communications satellite on a Zenit 3SL was delayed early Saturday after a problem was detected during launch preparations. The launch...

JAXA cancels Hayabusa landing rehearsal
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 8:16 AM ET (1316 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA cancelled Friday a close approach by the spacecraft Hayabusa to the asteroid Itokawa because of a technical problem with the...

Japanese businessman to be next space tourist
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
A Japanese entrepreneur has signed a deal to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station, space tourism company Space Adventures announced Thursday....

Astronomers see light from earliest stars
Posted: Thu, Nov 3 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
Astronomers announced Wednesday that they have detected light that may eminate from the universe's earliest stars. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detected the infrared...