FUSE mission to end this month
Posted: Wed, Oct 10 6:17 AM ET (1017 GMT)
An orbiting ultraviolet observatory will shut down later this month after more than eight years of observations, project officials announced this week. The Far Ultraviolet...

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...