Blue Origin conducts first flight test
Posted: Tue, Nov 14 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
Blue Origin, the secretive commercial space venture established by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, performed the first flight test Monday of its suborbital vehicle. The...

Communications lost with Mars Global Surveyor
Posted: Fri, Nov 10 8:15 PM ET (0115 GMT)
NASA has struggled to reestablish communications with the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft over the last week, apparently because of technical problems with the spacecraft...

Shuttle rolled out to launch pad
Posted: Fri, Nov 10 8:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
NASA moved the space shuttle Discovery to its launch pad on Thursday in preparation for its next mission in just under a month. Discover arrived...

Proton launches Arabsat satellite
Posted: Thu, Nov 9 8:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched an Arabsat communications satellite early Thursday, the first launch for the Proton since its commercial marketer changed owners. The Proton M...

ATK teams with RpK on K-1
Posted: Thu, Nov 9 8:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) to help develop RpK's K-1 reusable launch vehicle....

Computer issue could delay next shuttle mission
Posted: Tue, Nov 7 8:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
NASA is considering moving up the launch of the next shuttle mission a day to make sure they can conduct the mission and have the...

Delta 4 launches military weather satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 4 3:33 PM ET (2033 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 4 successfully launched a weather satellite for the US military early Saturday. The Delta 4 Medium lifted off from Space Launch Complex...

ORBCOMM shares drop after debut
Posted: Sat, Nov 4 3:27 PM ET (2027 GMT)
Shares in satellite communications company ORBCOMM, the second satellite company in an many days to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) of stock, fell sharply...

India contemplating manned space program
Posted: Fri, Nov 3 8:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO is reportedly putting together a proposal that could result a manned spacecraft launch by early next decade and potentially a...

Globalstar returns to stock market
Posted: Fri, Nov 3 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
Mobile satellite phone company Globalstar made a successful return to the stock market on Thursday, with shares in the company rising slightly in their debut....