NASA picks RS-68 for heavy-lift rocket
Posted: Fri, May 19 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA officials have decided to use the RS-68 engine, and not a derivative of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), on the first stage...

Ariane to launch Eutelsat W2M
Posted: Fri, May 19 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Arianespace announced Thursday that it has won a contract to launch a new small Eutelsat spacecraft. An Ariane 5 will launch the Eutelsat W2M spacecraft...

Multi-planet solar system discovered
Posted: Thu, May 18 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
European astronomers have discovered three Neptune-sized exoplanets and a probable asteroid belt orbiting a Sunlike star. In a paper in the Thursday issue of...

NASA releases DART report summary
Posted: Tue, May 16 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
A collision between a small NASA satellite and another spacecraft last year has been blamed on a glitch with the spacecraft's navigation system, compounded...

Astrium/ISRO venture wins broadband satellite contract
Posted: Tue, May 16 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
A joint venture between EADS Astrium and the Indian space agency ISRO has won a contract for a broadband communications satellite. British company Avanti Screenmedia...

New model explains capture of Triton
Posted: Mon, May 15 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
Planetary scientists have developed a new model that explains how Triton, Neptune's largest moon, ended up in its unusual orbit. According to a study...

Boeing, Justice Dept. to settle probe
Posted: Mon, May 15 7:18 AM ET (1118 GMT)
The Boeing Company and the Department of Justice are planning to settle a series of federal probes into the company, including improper use of a...

Lockheed wins Vietnam satellite order
Posted: Sat, May 13 9:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
Lockheed Martin will build Vietnam's first communications satellite under a contract announced Friday. Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) ordered the VINASAT-1 satellite...

NASA selects COTS finalists
Posted: Thu, May 11 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT)
NASA has tapped six companies as finalists for a $500-million program to develop commercial transportation services for the International Space Station. According to media...

Venus Express enters final orbit
Posted: Wed, May 10 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has entered its final orbit around Venus, even as spacecraft engineers troubleshoot a problem with an instrument on the spacecraft....