Hayabusa did land on asteroid
Updated: Thu, Nov 24 1:31 PM ET (1831 GMT)
Originally Posted: Thu, Nov 24 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
Japanese space agency officials said Wednesday that, contrary to earlier reports, the Hayabusa spacecraft did land on an asteroid over the weekend, but failed to...

Cracks found in shuttle tank foam
Posted: Wed, Nov 23 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
Shuttle managers said Tuesday that technicians have found several small cracks in a problematic piece of foam on a space shuttle external tank. Officials said...

Loral emerges from Chapter 11
Posted: Tue, Nov 22 9:35 PM ET (0235 GMT)
Loral Space and Communications announced Tuesday that it has emerged from Chapter 11, nearly two and a half years after it filed for bankruptcy protection....

SpaceDev orders SpaceX launch
Posted: Tue, Nov 22 9:27 PM ET (0227 GMT)
SpaceDev announced Tuesday that it has ordered a Falcon 1 launch from SpaceDev for a microsatellite payload, even as the company develops its own small...

Japanese asteroid landing attempt fails
Posted: Sun, Nov 20 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
An attempt by a Japanese robotic spacecraft to land briefly on an asteroid apparently failed, although the cause of the failure remains unclear. The Hayabusa...

SpaceX announces Falcon 1 launch date
Posted: Fri, Nov 18 9:13 PM ET (0213 GMT)
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the launch vehicle startup established by dot.com entrepreneur Elon Musk, announced Friday that the first launch of its Falcon 1...

ISS crew repositions Soyuz
Posted: Fri, Nov 18 8:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
The two-man crew of the International Space Station briefly left the orbiting outpost early Friday to move their Soyuz spacecraft to a new docking...

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-...