Alcatel wins contract for Turkish satellite
Posted: Fri, Feb 24 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a deal to build a communications satellite for a Turkish company, the satellite manufacturer announced Thursday. Alcatel will build the...

Lockheed announces plans to assembly CEV in Florida
Posted: Thu, Feb 23 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
Lockheed Martin will perform final assembly and testing work on the Crew Exploration Vehicle in Florida if it wins a NASA contract to develop the...

Pluto moons discovery confirmed; planet may have rings
Posted: Thu, Feb 23 8:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)
Astronomers confirmed Wednesday the discovery of two small moons orbiting the distant planet Pluto, and also suggested that the planet may have rings of ice...

Ariane launch rescheduled for Friday
Posted: Thu, Feb 23 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
The launch of two satellites on an Ariane 5, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been rescheduled for Friday, the company announced late Wednesday. The launch...

Japan launches astronomy satellite
Posted: Wed, Feb 22 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
An M-5 rocket successfully launched a Japanese astronomy satellite early Wednesday, the second launch in less than a week for the Japanese space agency....

Ariane launch delayed
Posted: Wed, Feb 22 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
The launch of two communications satellites on an Ariane 5 has been delayed because of ground equipment problems. The Ariane 5 ECA was scheduled to...

Weather delays Japanese launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 21 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
The launch of a Japanese satellite was postponed 24 hours late Monday because of poor weather conditions. The launch of the M-5 rocket carrying...

Space Adventures announces suborbital spacecraft, spaceport plans
Posted: Tue, Feb 21 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
Space tourism operator Space Adventures has made a series of announcement covering the development of a new suborbital spacecraft and two spaceports in the Middle...

Japan launches multifunctional satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 18 6:08 AM ET (1108 GMT)
A Japanese rocket launched Saturday a multipurpose communications and weather satellite. The H-2A 2024 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan...

Atlantis first shuttle to be retired
Posted: Sat, Feb 18 5:48 AM ET (1048 GMT)
Atlantis will be the first of NASA's three remaining space shuttle orbiters to be retired, in 2008, shuttle managers said Friday. Atlantis had been...