Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 12 11:04 AM ET (1604 GMT)
After three previous attempts were scrubbed in recent weeks, an Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites Saturday night. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off...

MRO enters orbit
Posted: Fri, Mar 10 8:40 PM ET (0140 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Mars Friday afternoon. The spacecraft started its 27-mninute orbit insertion burn at 4:24...

Liquid water discovered on Enceladus
Posted: Fri, Mar 10 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
Data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed that Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may have subsurface reservoirs of liquid water, a finding that raises...

Ariane launch postponed again
Posted: Thu, Mar 9 9:55 PM ET (0255 GMT)
Thursday night's scheduled launch of an Ariane 5 was scrubbed several minutes before liftoff because of a technical glitch with the launch vehicle. The...

MRO approaches Mars
Posted: Thu, Mar 9 1:43 PM ET (1843 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft is on track to enter orbit around the planet on Friday, project officials said Wednesday. MRO will fire...

EADS reports higher profit for space unit
Posted: Thu, Mar 9 1:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
The European aerospace company EADS reported higher revenues and profits for its space division in 2005. In its annual earning release Wednesday, the company reported...

Sensor glitch could delay shuttle launch
Posted: Wed, Mar 8 6:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
A problem with an external tank fuel sensor could postpone May's scheduled launch of the STS-121 shuttle mission. Tests on the external tank...

Next sunspot cycle predicted to be intense
Posted: Tue, Mar 7 2:09 PM ET (1909 GMT)
Space scientists announced Monday that they expect the next cycle of sunspots and associated solar activity to be as much as 50 percent stronger than...

Report: military tested manned spaceplane
Posted: Mon, Mar 6 1:37 PM ET (1837 GMT)
The US military secretly tested for years a manned spaceplane capable of reaching orbit, Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine reported in its latest issue...

Progress spacecraft deorbited
Posted: Sat, Mar 4 11:16 AM ET (1616 GMT)
An unmanned Russian Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and reentered the Earth's atmosphere Friday. The Progress M-54 spacecraft was deorbited by...