Europe considering all-public Galileo financing
Posted: Sat, Apr 28 11:29 AM ET (1529 GMT)
Discouraged by continued delays in negotiating a public-private partnership, European officials are considering going ahead with the development of its Galileo satellite navigation system...

NASA to bring home ISS astronaut in June
Posted: Fri, Apr 27 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
Current space station crew member Sunita Williams will return to Earth on a shuttle mission scheduled for launch in June, one mission earlier than planned,...

Air Force allows SpaceX to use Cape site
Posted: Fri, Apr 27 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
The US Air Force announced Thursday that it will allow entrepreneurial launch company SpaceX to use an existing Cape launch site for its Falcon family...

Pegasus launches NASA earth science spacecraft
Posted: Thu, Apr 26 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
A Pegasus rocket successfully launched Wednesday a small satellite designed to study clouds in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The Pegasus XL was deployed from...

Earth-like exoplanet discovered
Posted: Wed, Apr 25 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
Astronomers announced late Tuesday that they have discovered a planet orbiting another star that is the closest yet to the Earth, including an orbit that...

Thales Alenia wins satellite contract
Posted: Wed, Apr 25 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
Thales Alenia Space announced Tuesday that it has won a contract to build a new communications satellite for a Norwegian operator. Telenor Satellite Broadcasting has...

Spacecraft provides 3-D images of the Sun
Posted: Wed, Apr 25 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
A pair of NASA spacecraft launched last year have provided scientists with the first "three-dimensional" images of the Sun, thanks to their unique vantage...

Minotaur launches NFIRE
Posted: Tue, Apr 24 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
A Minotaur rocket successfully launched an experimental missile warning satellite early Monday from Virginia. The Minotaur 1 lifted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport...

India launches Italian astronomy satellite
Posted: Mon, Apr 23 7:55 PM ET (2355 GMT)
An Indian rocket launched a small Italian astronomy satellite Monday in India's first commercial launch. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from...

NFIRE launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Apr 23 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
The launch of an experimental military satellite was scrubbed early Monday. A Minotaur 1 was scheduled to lift off in the early morning hours Monday,...