Cassini mission extended
Posted: Wed, Apr 16 8:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it has extended the Cassini mission to Saturn by two years, allowing dozens of additional flybys of several of the planet'...

Atlas 5 launches commercial satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 16 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a commercial communications satellite Monday afternoon. The Atlas 5 421 rocket lifted off at 4:12 pm EDT (2012...

First rocket racing flights announced
Posted: Wed, Apr 16 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
A startup that plans to hold a series of competitions of rocket-powered aircraft announced their first series of exhibition flights this week. The Rocket...

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...