China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 14 9:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese navigation satellite early Saturday, the second Chinese launch in less than a week. The Long March 3A rocket...

MGS failure caused by software glitch
Posted: Sat, Apr 14 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
A software glitch, undetected in testing on the ground, caused the demise of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft last November, an investigation board...

Boisvert named new head of CSA
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 12:32 PM ET (1632 GMT)
The former CEO of a Canadian satellite operator has beem tapped to become the new president of the Canadian Space Agency. The Canadian government announced...

China launches oceanographic satellite
Posted: Thu, Apr 12 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
China launched its second ocean sciences satellite Wednesday, according to state media reports. A Long March 2C lifted off from the Taiyuan launch center at...

Water detected in exoplanet atmosphere
Posted: Thu, Apr 12 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
An astronomer has detected the first evidence of water in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. In a paper to be published in the Astrophyical...

Shuttle launch slips to June
Posted: Wed, Apr 11 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
The next space shuttle launch is now scheduled for no earlier than June 8 after shuttle managers concluded Tuesday that they need more time to...

Bigelow Aerospace reveals business plan
Posted: Wed, Apr 11 9:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
Bigelow Aerospace, the Las Vegas-based company developing inflatable orbital habitats, released new details about its business plan on Tuesday, including efforts to target both...

Proton launches Canadian communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Apr 10 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for a Canadian company early Tuesday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Apr 10 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American space tourist docked with the ISS on Monday afternoon. The Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft docked...

Changing albedo may explain Martian global warming
Posted: Mon, Apr 9 2:44 PM ET (1844 GMT)
An increase in temperatures measured in the atmosphere of Mars may be explained by changes in the albedo, or reflectivity, of the planet's surface....