Report: Pentagon to recommend approval of ULA
Posted: Sat, Mar 18 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Top Defense Department officials have reportedly recommended that the federal government approve the formation of the United Launch Alliance, a merger of Boeing and Lockheed...

NASA to investigate shuttle arm mishap
Posted: Sat, Mar 18 10:06 AM ET (1506 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that is has convened a board to investigate a mishap at the Kennedy Space Center that damaged the shuttle Discovery's robotic...

Astronomers find more evidence for Big Bang, inflation
Posted: Fri, Mar 17 8:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data from a NASA spacecraft said Thursday they have found new evidence that the universe underwent a sharp expansion in the first trillionth...

Report: Sea Launch exec to take SpaceX job
Posted: Thu, Mar 16 8:28 PM ET (0128 GMT)
The president of Sea Launch, a multinational commercial launch services company, plans to resign and take a position with emerging rival SpaceX, Space News reported...

Atlas to launch ICO satellite
Posted: Thu, Mar 16 8:24 PM ET (0124 GMT)
International Launch Services (ILS) announced Thursday that it had won a contract to launch a next-generation mobile telephony satellite. Under the contract, an Atlas...

Pin glitch scrubs Pegasus launch
Posted: Wed, Mar 15 1:39 PM ET (1839 GMT)
The launch of three microsatellites on a Pegasus rocket was scrubbed Wednesday morning because of a problem with a pin on the launcher. The Pegasus...

STS-121 launch pushed back to July
Posted: Tue, Mar 14 7:37 PM ET (0037 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday afternoon that the launch of the next shuttle mission has been delayed until July to allow workers time to replace troublesome fuel...

High-temperature minerals found in comet dust
Posted: Tue, Mar 14 6:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
Scientists analyzing comet dust samples returned by NASA's Stardust mission have found minerals that can only form at high temperatures, challenging existing models of...

ST5 launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Mar 14 6:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
NASA has postponed the launch of three experimental microsatellites because of poor weather. A Pegasus XL, deployed from a carrier aircraft flying out of Vandenberg...

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...