Zenit 3SL launches EchoStar satellite
Posted: Thu, Feb 16 5:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
A Sea Launch rocket successfully launched a new direct broadcasting satellite Wednesday evening. The Zenit 3SL lifted off from the Odyssey mobile launch platform on...

China revamps manned spaceflight plans
Posted: Tue, Feb 14 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
China has changed its future plans for its manned space program to feature the development of a small space station by early next decade, Flight...

Sea Launch delays flight again
Posted: Mon, Feb 13 6:48 AM ET (1148 GMT)
Sea Launch has again delayed the launch of a direct broadcasting satellite on a Zenit 3SL because of unspecified problems. Sea Launch had planned to...

Falcon 1 performs pad test fire
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 10:51 AM ET (1551 GMT)
A day after delaying the planned inaugural launch of its Falcon 1 launch vehicle, SpaceX performed a brief pad firing Friday of the rocket. The...

Meteorite raises hopes for Mars life
Posted: Fri, Feb 10 5:46 AM ET (1046 GMT)
Analysis of a Martian meteorite has provided that some scientists have interpreted as new evidence for past life on Mars. Researchers studying the interior of...

Falcon 1 launch delayed again
Posted: Thu, Feb 9 10:49 PM ET (0349 GMT)
The first launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 small launch vehicle has been postponed again after unspecified technical problems were discovered during a countdown rehearsal....

Zenit 3SL launch postponed
Posted: Thu, Feb 9 6:08 AM ET (1108 GMT)
The launch of a direct broadcasting satellite on a Zenit 3SL was scrubbed Wednesday evening because a problem with ground equipment. The multinational Sea Launch...

SpaceX delays Falcon 1 launch a day
Posted: Wed, Feb 8 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
SpaceX has pushed back this week's inaugural launch of its Falcon 1 rocket a day in order to conduct a countdown test. The launch...

Astronomers take temperature of dark matter
Posted: Tue, Feb 7 7:56 PM ET (0056 GMT)
Astronomers have measured the temperature of dark matter that predominates galaxies like the Milky Way, and found it to be much warmer than expected. Astronomers...

ILS to launch JSAT spacecraft on Proton
Posted: Tue, Feb 7 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Monday that it had signed a contract for the launch of a communications satellite with a Japanese satellite operator. ILS will...