ESA awards contract for Mercury mission
Posted: Sat, Jan 19 9:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
The European Space Agency signed a contract Friday with EADS Astrium for the construction of BepiColombo, ESA's first mission to the planet Mercury. The &#...

Scaled fined for July accident
Posted: Sat, Jan 19 9:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
California regulators have fined Scaled Composites over $25,000 for an accident last July that killed three employees working on the propulsion system for the...

Groups raise objections to MDA sale
Posted: Fri, Jan 18 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
A wide range of individuals and groups, ranging from a former foreign minister to an autoworkers' union, are protesting the sale of the space business...

First Mercury flyby images released
Posted: Wed, Jan 16 8:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
MESSENGER project scientists released late Tuesday the first images taken by the spacecraft as it flew past the planet Mercury on Monday. The images, transmitted...

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...