OHB-System invests in SpaceDev
Posted: Thu, Sep 20 7:03 AM ET (1103 GMT)
German aerospace company OHB-System has bought a minority stake in US space company SpaceDev as a way to enter the American market, the companies...

Arianespace to launch JSAT replacement
Posted: Thu, Sep 20 6:54 AM ET (1054 GMT)
Arianespace has won a contract to launch a satellite for Japanese operator JSAT that will replace one lost in a launch failure earlier this month....

China launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Wed, Sep 19 10:14 PM ET (0214 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Sino-Brazilian remote sensing satellite into orbit on Wednesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan...

Delta 2 launches WorldView-1
Posted: Tue, Sep 18 8:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket placed a next-generation commercial remote sensing satellite into orbit Tuesday. The Delta 2 7920-10 rocket lifted off from SLC-...

Seal repairs could delay next shuttle launch
Posted: Tue, Sep 18 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
A decision to replace leaky seals in the space shuttle Discovery could delay its launch next month, shuttle managers said Monday. The seals, in the...

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...