Oklahoma spaceport wins FAA license
Posted: Thu, Jun 15 1:35 PM ET (1735 GMT)
The FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued a license this week for a spaceport in Oklahoma, a key step towards the initiation of...

Genesis mishap report released
Posted: Wed, Jun 14 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
Sensors that were installed upside down, coupled with faulty design and review processes that failed to catch the error, were the cause of the accident...

Shuttle practice countdown begins today
Posted: Wed, Jun 14 8:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
The crew of the next shuttle mission arrived in Florida yesterday, one day later than planned, for a practice countdown in advance of next month'...

Europe unveils Mars rover
Posted: Tue, Jun 13 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
European officials unveiled a prototype of a planned Mars rover mission on Monday while suggesting that extra money could be used to augment the mission....

Sea Launch wins Thuraya launch contract
Posted: Tue, Jun 13 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
The multinational commercial launch venture Sea Launch announced Monday that it has won a contract for the launch of a commercial telephony satellite. A Zenit-...

STS-121 crew say they're ready for mission
Posted: Fri, Jun 9 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
The crew of the next shuttle mission said Thursday that they're ready to fly and confident that the risks of the mission are acceptable....

Sirius to buy GEO satellite from Loral
Posted: Thu, Jun 8 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
Sirius Satellite Radio announced Thursday that it was buying a new satellite from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a spacecraft that the company may use...

External tank cleared for shuttle launch
Posted: Thu, Jun 8 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
Shuttle managers officially declared the space shuttle's external tank ready for launch after a final evaluation of test data about changes to its design....

Newborn solar system full of carbon
Posted: Thu, Jun 8 7:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
Studies of a solar system forming around a nearby star have turned up a surprising abundance of carbon gas, a discovery that could rewrite models...

Astrium wins Arabsat launch contract
Posted: Wed, Jun 7 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
EADS Astrium has won a contract to build a communications satellite for regional satellite operator Arabsat, the satellite manufacturer announced Tuesday. EADS Astrium will build...