Russia launches commercial remote sensing satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 26 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
A Russian rocket successfully launched a commercial imaging satellite on Tuesday. The Start-1 rocket lifted off from the Svobodny Cosmodrome in Siberia at 12:...

Lockheed raises doubts about ULA
Posted: Wed, Apr 26 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
Lockheed Martin's board will revisit plans to merge its EELV operations with Boeing later this week, company executives said Tuesday. In a conference call...

Winds scrub CloudSat/CALIPSO launch
Posted: Tue, Apr 25 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
The launch of two Earth-observing satellites was scrubbed again early Tuesday, this time because of high winds. The Delta 2 carrying the CloudSat and...

Alcatel-Orbital team wins satellite order
Posted: Tue, Apr 25 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
An unusual combination of Alcatel Alenia Space and Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Monday that they had won a contract for a small commercial communications satellite....

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Mon, Apr 24 10:28 PM ET (0228 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft Monday on a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-56...

CALIPSO/CloudSat launch postponed again
Posted: Sun, Apr 23 1:42 PM ET (1742 GMT)
The launch of two Earth sciences satellites was postponed again early Sunday because of a lack of airborne tracking assets. The Delta 2 carrying the...

Worden named NASA Ames director
Posted: Sat, Apr 22 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that the agency has selected retired Air Force general Pete Worden as the next director of NASA's Ames Research Center in...

CALIPSO/CloudSat launch scrubbed
Updated: Sat, Apr 22 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Apr 21 12:03 PM ET (1603 GMT)
The launch of two Earth sciences spacecraft was scrubbed early Friday because of a communications problem. A Delta 2 was scheduled to lift off from...

Atlas launches Astra 1KR
Posted: Fri, Apr 21 2:59 AM ET (0659 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a European communications satellite Thursday afternoon. The Atlas 5 411 lifted off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral...

ISS orbit reboost fails
Posted: Thu, Apr 20 3:01 PM ET (1901 GMT)
A planned reboost maneuver using engines on the International Space Station was aborted Wednesday when one of the two engines failed to fire, but the...