AMC-14 declared a total loss
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 9:48 PM ET (0148 GMT)
SES Americom announced Friday that it has given up efforts to salvage a satellite stranded in a useless transfer orbit last month. The AMC-14...

Canada blocks MDA sale
Posted: Thu, Apr 10 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
The Canadian government has rejected, for the time being, the planned sale of the space division of a Canadian company to an American firm. Industry...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 10 10:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut docked with the ISS Thursday morning. The Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked...

Global space economy exceeds $250 billion
Posted: Wed, Apr 9 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
A report released Tuesday concluded that the worldwide space budgets and revenues totaled $251 billion in 2007, an 11-percent increase over 2006. "The Space...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Tue, Apr 8 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut lifted off Tuesday on a mission to the International Space Station. A...

Progress undocks from ISS, reenters
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 1:45 PM ET (1745 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, on the eve of the launch of a Soyuz carrying a new crew....

Astrium to acquire SSTL
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Europe's largest satellite manufacturer has announced an agreement to purchase a majority stake in the continent's leading developer of smallsats. EADS Astrium will...

Ares 1 vibration worries eased
Posted: Fri, Apr 4 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Concerns that the new Ares 1 rocket could suffer from severe vibrations have eased after new analyses have found the problem is not as severe...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 3 9:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
The European-built Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday morning, making it the first spacecraft other than...

Shuttle retirement to cut thousands of jobs
Posted: Wed, Apr 2 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
The impending retirement of the space shuttle will result in the loss of up to 9,000 jobs at NASA centers, according to a preliminary...