Loral wins New Skies satellite contract
Posted: Mon, May 14 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral announced last week that it will build a communications satellite for SES New Skies that will replace one lost in a launch...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, May 12 10:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early Saturday on a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the...

Shuttle cleared for rollout, June launch
Posted: Sat, May 12 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers announced Friday afternoon that they plan to proceed with the planned rollout of the shuttle Atlantis next week, the next step towards...

EU to shift to publicly-funded Galileo model
Posted: Fri, May 11 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
European officials said Thursday that the EU would likely restructure the Galileo satellite navigation system as an entirely publicly funded venture after an industry consortium...

Astronomers find hot, windy exoplanets
Posted: Fri, May 11 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
Scientists announced this week that they have found an extrasolar planet that is the hottest yet found, and another that may have extremely powerful winds....

Orbital wins multisatellite order
Posted: Thu, May 10 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced this week that it won an order for as many as five communications satellites from SES Americom. The contract includes firm...

Mars spacecraft delivered to Florida for launch
Posted: Wed, May 9 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
A NASA Mars lander scheduled for launch in August arrived at the Kennedy Space Center earlier this week to begin launch preparations. A C-17...

Queen visits NASA Goddard
Posted: Wed, May 9 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The Queen of England visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Tuesday and participated in a teleconference with the crew of the International Space...

Chandra sees most powerful supernova ever
Posted: Tue, May 8 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
Astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have detected what they believe to be the most powerful supernova explosion ever, one that outshone its host...

Spacecraft finds its first exoplanet
Posted: Mon, May 7 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
A French spacecraft launched late last year has discovered its first extrasolar planet, raising hopes that the satellite will be able to discover smaller, Earth-...