Yahsat awards launch contract to Arianespace
Posted: Wed, Jan 16 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
A new Middle Eastern satellite operator will launch its first satellite on an Ariane 5, the company announced Tuesday. Yahsat signed an agreement with Arianespace...

Sea Launch returns to flight with Thuraya launch
Posted: Tue, Jan 15 9:20 PM ET (0220 GMT)
Sea Launch carried out its first launch in nearly a year early Tuesday, successfully launching an Arab communications satellite. The Zenit-3SL lifted off from...

MESSENGER flies past Mercury
Posted: Tue, Jan 15 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew past the planet MErcury on Monday, the first time a spacecraft has visited the solar system's innermost planet in...

Gas cloud to collide with Milky Way
Posted: Tue, Jan 15 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
A massive cloud of gas is on a collision course with the Milky Way galaxy and will trigger a new round of star formation when...

Feb. 7 tentative date for shuttle launch
Posted: Fri, Jan 11 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
Shuttle managers have set February 7 as the tentative date for the launch of the shuttle Atlantis, assuming repairs to the shuttle's external tank...

CSA president resigns
Posted: Thu, Jan 10 8:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
The head of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has resigned after only nine months on the job, the Canadian government confirmed Wednesday. Laurier "Larry" Boisvert...

Mars impact all but ruled out
Posted: Thu, Jan 10 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
New observations of an asteroid have effectively eliminated any chance that the object will collide with Mars at the end of the month, JPL scientists...

ATK to buy MDA space business
Posted: Wed, Jan 9 8:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) will buy the space business of Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for $1.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The...

NASA outlines Hubble repair plans
Posted: Wed, Jan 9 7:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
A shuttle mission scheduled for launch next year will allow the Hubble Space Telescope to remain in operation for at least five more years, agency...

Eutelsat, ViaSat order Ka-band satellites
Posted: Tue, Jan 8 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
European satellite operator Eutelsat and ViaSat, a US company best known as the maker of satellite ground equipment, each announced the order of Ka-band...