Foton capsule returns to Earth
Posted: Wed, Sep 26 9:13 PM ET (0113 GMT)
A capsule carrying animals and other experiments launched into orbit earlier this month returned to Earth on Wednesday, although the fate of a separate spacecraft...

Microgravity makes microbes more virulent
Posted: Wed, Sep 26 1:48 PM ET (1748 GMT)
Exposing microbes to weightlessness makes them stronger and potentially more hazardous to humans, scientists reported. Researchers at Arizona State University flew a strain of the...

Next Galileo satellite launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Sep 25 1:46 PM ET (1746 GMT)
The launch of the next demonstration satellite for Europe's Galileo satellite system has been postponed until early next year. The GIOVE-B satellite was...

Discovery moves to VAB as launch remains on schedule
Posted: Tue, Sep 25 1:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building on Sunday after repairs to faulty seals on the orbiter were completed quickly enough to...

Dawn launch slips a day
Posted: Mon, Sep 24 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that the launch of a mission to the main asteroid belt will be delayed a day after weather hampered launch preparations. The...

NASA restarts astronomy mission
Posted: Sat, Sep 22 8:02 PM ET (0002 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that it has restarted work on an astronomy mission that was suspended in the early stages of development over a year ago...

New observations downplay Mars water
Posted: Fri, Sep 21 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
Data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest that gullies that recently formed in some Martian craters were not created by liquid water. The...

Boeing to launch third Italian radar satellite
Posted: Fri, Sep 21 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Boeing has won a contract to launch the third in a series of Italian radar remote sensing satellites. Under the contract a Delta 2 will...

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....