Virgin Galactic to establish operations in New Mexico
Posted: Wed, Dec 14 8:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
Suborbital space tourism operator Virgin Galactic announced plans Tuesday to conduct flights from a new spaceport in New Mexico. The agreement between Virgin and New...

Aurorae spotted on Mars
Posted: Tue, Dec 13 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A reanalysis of data from a NASA mission has turned up evidence of hundreds of auroral events at Mars, scientists said Monday. Researchers at the...

Sea Launch wins Spaceway launch contract
Posted: Mon, Dec 12 8:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
Sea Launch has won a contract to launch a large broadband data communications satellite, the multinational venture announced last week. Sea Launch will launch the...

Shuttle oxygen leak under investigation
Posted: Fri, Dec 9 7:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
Shuttle engineers are investigating data that indicates that an oxygen leak took place in the engine compartment during July's launch of the shuttle Discovery,...

NASA awards ATK launch vehicle contract
Posted: Thu, Dec 8 7:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
NASA has awarded ATK a contract to build the first stage of a new launch vehicle that will be one of the major components of...

Report: Hayabusa may not have collected asteroid samples
Posted: Wed, Dec 7 8:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
Japanese space agency officials said Wednesday that the Hayabusa spacecraft, which touched down on the surface of an asteroid last month, may not have been...

European ministers approve ESA plans
Posted: Wed, Dec 7 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
Ministers representing ESA's 17 member states backed a wide range of plans for the space agency during a meeting this week in Berlin. The...

Mars rover suffers arm problem
Posted: Tue, Dec 6 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
One of the twin Mars Exploration Rovers that have been exploring the surface of Mars for nearly two years is currently unable to move its...

Alcatel wins Chinese satellite contract
Posted: Tue, Dec 6 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
Alcatel Alenia Space announced Monday that is has won a contract to build a large communications satellite for China. Alcatel will build the Chinasat 6B...

Proton launch delayed
Updated: Mon, Dec 5 7:52 PM ET (0052 GMT)
Originally Posted: Mon, Dec 5 1:43 PM ET (1843 GMT)
The launch of a Proton rocket carrying a commercial communications satellite has been delayed because of a technical problem, Russian officials said Monday. The Proton-...