NASA sets July 1 launch date for STS-121
Posted: Sat, Jun 17 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
NASA announced Saturday afternoon that it has scheduled the launch of the next space shuttle mission for July 1, despite concerns raised by some agency...

Sea Launch mission delayed a day
Posted: Sat, Jun 17 2:06 PM ET (1806 GMT)
The launch of a commercial communications satellite on a Sea Launch vehicle has been delayed one day because of a technical glitch. The Zenit 3SL...

Soyuz launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Thu, Jun 15 1:42 PM ET (1742 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a civilian remote sensing satellite early Thursday. The Soyuz booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4 am EDT (0800...

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...