China planning lunar orbiter launch this month
Posted: Tue, Oct 16 8:38 PM ET (0038 GMT)
Chinese officials confirmed Tuesday that the country will launch its first lunar mission, a robotic orbiter, later this month. The official news agency Xinhua reported...

NASA extends Mars rover mission again
Posted: Tue, Oct 16 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that it has once again extended the mission of its twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, allowing the spacecraft to continue...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 12 8:48 PM ET (0048 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people, including the first Malaysian cosmonaut, docked with the International Space Station on Friday morning. The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft...

Kaguya releases subsatellite, returns lunar images
Posted: Fri, Oct 12 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
Japan's Kaguya lunar orbiter released the first of two subsatellites earlier this week and also returned its first images of the Moon. Kaguya released...

Atlas launches military communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 11 6:36 AM ET (1036 GMT)
An Atlas 5 launched the first in a new series of military communications satellites on Wednesday evening. The Atlas 5 421 lifted off from Space...

NASA studying shuttle RCC problem
Posted: Thu, Oct 11 6:20 AM ET (1020 GMT)
NASA officials are investigating a potential problem with several leading-edge wing panels on the shuttle Discovery that could force an extended launch delay. Shuttle...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 10 8:08 PM ET (0008 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a three-person crew, including the first female space station commander and first Malaysian cosmonaut, launched on a journey to the...

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....