Foton microgravity mission launched
Posted: Sat, Sep 15 11:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed a recoverable spacecraft carrying a suite of microgravity experiments into orbit on Friday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur...

Japan launches lunar orbiter
Posted: Fri, Sep 14 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
An H-2A rocket successfully launched an ambitious, long-delayed Japanese lunar orbiter mission on Friday. The H-2A lifted off from the Tanegashima Space...

Google to sponsor lunar lander prize
Posted: Thu, Sep 13 6:58 PM ET (2258 GMT)
Internet search engine company Google has agreed to sponsor $30 million in prizes for the first privately-developed lunar rovers. The Google Lunar X Prize...

Arianespace to launch French military satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 13 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Arianespace has won a contract from the French military to launch four small experimental reconnaissance satellites on a Soyuz, the company announced this week. Arianespace...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Wed, Sep 12 1:29 PM ET (1729 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos booster launched a classified military satellite late Tuesday, according to Russian media reports. The Kosmos-3M booster lifted off from the Plesetsk...

SpaceX wins commercial GEO launch contract
Posted: Wed, Sep 12 1:23 PM ET (1723 GMT)
SpaceX has won its first launch contract for a commercial GEO communications satellite from a start-up British satellite operator. London-based Avanti Communications Group...

Report: NASA to cancel RpK COTS award
Posted: Mon, Sep 10 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
NASA will terminate an agreement it had with Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) to develop commercial transportation services to the International Space Station after the company's...

Proton launch fails
Posted: Thu, Sep 6 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Proton rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite failed to reach orbit early Thursday because of an anomaly with the vehicle's second stage. The...

Phoenix Mars mission passes early tests
Posted: Thu, Sep 6 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, launched just over a month ago, has passed a series of in-flight tests, project officials said this week. The...

First South Korean astronaut selected
Posted: Wed, Sep 5 2:16 PM ET (1816 GMT)
The South Korean government has selected a computer engineer to be that nation's first astronaut. Ko San, a 30-year-old artificial intelligence and...