Israel launches spy satellite
Posted: Mon, Jun 11 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
Israel launched a small reconnaissance satellite on its own Shavit booster early Monday. The Shavit booster lifted off from the Palmachim Air Force Base in...

Shuttle docks with ISS
Posted: Mon, Jun 11 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday afternoon as astronauts prepared to attach a new truss segment to the orbiting...

EU endorses public funding for Galileo
Posted: Sun, Jun 10 11:52 AM ET (1552 GMT)
European transportation ministers agreed Friday that the planned Galileo satellite navigation system would have to be funded entirely from public sources, rather than through a...

Shuttle prepares for ISS docking
Posted: Sun, Jun 10 11:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis was on schedule to dock with the International Space Station on Sunday afternoon after managers said a small tear in a...

Atlantis lifts off
Posted: Fri, Jun 8 9:41 PM ET (0141 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis launched Friday evening on a mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy...

Delta 2 launches Italian satellite
Updated: Fri, Jun 8 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Jun 8 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket placed an Italian remote sensing satellite into low Earth orbit late Thursday night. The Delta 2 lifted off from Vandenberg Air...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 8 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched an unidentified Russian military satellite late Thursday, according to Russian media reports. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk...

Cosmonauts complete ISS shield work
Posted: Thu, Jun 7 1:59 PM ET (1759 GMT)
Two spacewalking cosmonauts completed the installation of shields on the exterior of an International Space Station module on Wednesday to protect it from micrometeorite and...

Astrium wins Hispasat contract
Posted: Thu, Jun 7 1:45 PM ET (1745 GMT)
EADS Astrium announced Wednesday that it has won a contract from Spanish satellite operator Hispasat for a new communications satellite. Amazonas-2, based on Astrium'...

Countdown begins for shuttle launch
Posted: Wed, Jun 6 8:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
The countdown for Friday night's launch of the shuttle Atlantis started Tuesday night, with no technical problems reported and a favorable weather forecast. The...