Wiring blamed for Proton failure
Posted: Wed, Oct 10 6:08 AM ET (1008 GMT)
Russian investigators have identified faulty wiring as the cause of the launch failure of a Proton rocket last month, officials said Tuesday. Anatoly Perminov, head...

SSTL signs contract for launch of two microsats
Posted: Wed, Oct 10 5:58 AM ET (0958 GMT)
UK smallsat manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd announced Monday that it has signed a contract to launch two spacecraft on a Dnepr booster next year....

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 6 5:47 AM ET (0947 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched two communications satellites for customers in the US and Australia on Friday evening. The Ariane 5 GS lifted off from Kourou,...

Japanese spacecraft enters lunar orbit
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
A Japanese lunar probe launched last month has entered orbit around the Moon, the Japanese space agency JAXA announced Friday. The Kaguya spacecraft fired its...

Senate approves extra $1 billion for NASA
Posted: Fri, Oct 5 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
The US Senate approved Thursday an amendment to an appropriations bill that would add $1 billion to NASA's proposed fiscal year 2008 budget. The...

Scientists see comets, sun interact
Posted: Tue, Oct 2 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
A solar storm ripped away one comet's tail while another comet slowed down the solar wind far from the Sun, astronomers said on Monday....

Discovery rolled out to launch pad
Posted: Mon, Oct 1 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
NASA rolled the space shuttle Discovery out to the launch pad on Sunday in advance of a mission scheduled for launch later this month. Discovery...

Astronaut's son to be next orbital space tourist
Posted: Fri, Sep 28 2:06 PM ET (1806 GMT)
The son of a former NASA astronaut will be the next commercial passenger to visit the International Space Station, space tourism company Space Adventures announced...

Soyuz spacecraft moved at ISS
Posted: Fri, Sep 28 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station repositioned their Soyuz spacecraft to a different docking port on Thursday in advance of the launch of a...

Delta launches Dawn on asteroid mission
Posted: Thu, Sep 27 8:36 PM ET (0036 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket launched NASA's Dawn spacecraft Thursday on a mission to two of the solar system's largest asteroids. The Delta 2...