Orbital wins contract for Intelsat spacecraft
Posted: Wed, May 2 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Tuesday that it has won a contract from Intelsat to build a new communications satellite. The IS-15 spacecraft is based...

Suborbital rocket launch a success
Posted: Mon, Apr 30 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
A commercial suborbital sounding rocket successfully launched from New Mexico Saturday, carrying a payload that included the ashes of an astronaut and actor. The UP...

Report: Boeing considering commercial Delta 4 launches
Posted: Sat, Apr 28 11:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
Boeing is considering returning the Delta 4 launch vehicle to the commercial market to help make up for weak government launch schedules, the Wall Street...

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...