Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Nov 17 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched Thursday night two satellites that together comprised the heaviest commercial payload ever launched. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 6:...

Congress approves NASA budget
Posted: Thu, Nov 17 8:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
The US Senate passed a bill that provides $16.5 billion to NASA in 2006, finalizing the annual appropriations process. The Senate passed a compromise...

Sea Launch wins DirecTV contract
Posted: Wed, Nov 16 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
Sea Launch, the multinational commercial launch venture, announced Tuesday that it has received a contract to launch a new broadcasting satellite for DirecTV. A Zenit-...

Orbital wins Malaysian satellite contract
Posted: Tue, Nov 15 8:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Monday that it has won a contract from a Malaysian satellite operator for a new communications satellite. Orbital will build the...

India to launch Israeli spysat
Posted: Tue, Nov 15 8:35 AM ET (1335 GMT)
India has agreed to launch an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, the first time Israel has allowed another country to launch one of its military satellites. Space...

Japanese asteroid microlander misses target
Posted: Sun, Nov 13 11:23 AM ET (1623 GMT)
A Japanese spacecraft carried out a successful rehearsal of an asteroid landing, but a tiny lander the main spacecraft deployed apparently missed the asteroid and...

Ariane launch delayed
Posted: Sun, Nov 13 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
The launch of two communications satellites on an Ariane 5 was delayed Saturday because of an apparent problem with ground equipment. The Ariane 5 ECA...

"Gravity tractor" could deflect asteroids
Posted: Sat, Nov 12 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
The miniscule but sustained gravitational attraction between a spacecraft and an asteroid could be sufficient over time to deflect that asteroid from an Earth-threatening...

ISS orbit boosted
Posted: Fri, Nov 11 11:44 AM ET (1644 GMT)
A Progress spacecraft docked to the International Space Station fired its thrusters for over a half-hour Thursday to raise the station's orbit. The...

Senate approves INA reform
Posted: Thu, Nov 10 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
The US Senate passed late Tuesday a revised version of legislation that will allow NASA to purchase Soyuz flights to the ISS from Russia. The...