Soyuz reentry problem under investigation
Posted: Wed, Apr 23 8:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Russian and NASA officials are investigating Saturday's Soyuz reentry, which experienced problems more serious than initially thought when the spacecraft's propulsion module apparently...

New Mexico county approves spaceport tax
Posted: Wed, Apr 23 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A county in southern New Mexico overwhelmingly approved a sales tax increase Tuesday that will help fund the development of a commercial spaceport in the...

Lockheed reports higher space revenues and profit
Posted: Wed, Apr 23 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
Lockheed Martin reported an increase in revenues and profit for its space division in the first quarter of 2008. The company's Space Systems unit...

Ruptured gas duct blamed for Proton failure
Posted: Tue, Apr 22 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
A Russian commission has concluded that a ruptured gas duct caused the premature shutdown of the upper stage of a Proton rocket launched last month,...

Soyuz returns to Earth, lands off-target
Posted: Sat, Apr 19 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two International Space Station crew members and the first South Korean astronaut landed safely in Kazakhstan early Saturday, but came down...

Ariane launches satellites for Brazil and Vietnam
Posted: Sat, Apr 19 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched communications satellites Friday evening for a Brazilian company and the Vietnamese government. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from...

Orbital announces 1st quarter profit, to sell unit
Posted: Fri, Apr 18 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced increased revenues and profits in its fiscal first quarter on Thursday, and also said it would sell a non-core business...

Pegasus launches C/NOFS
Posted: Thu, Apr 17 6:41 AM ET (1041 GMT)
A Pegasus rocket successfully launched a long-delayed US military satellite designed to predict outages in satellite communications and navigation systems. The Pegasus was deployed...

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...