Astrium wins earth sciences satellite contract
Posted: Fri, May 30 5:56 AM ET (0956 GMT)
ESA awarded EADAS Astrium a contract this week for the development of an earth sciences satellite designed to study clouds and aerosols. The €263-...

Phoenix arm begins deployment
Posted: Thu, May 29 5:47 AM ET (0947 GMT)
The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began its deployment on Wednesday after project engineers worked around a communications glitch that temporarily slowed...

Countdown begins for shuttle launch
Posted: Thu, May 29 5:32 AM ET (0932 GMT)
NASA started the countdown Wednesday for Saturday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery while making a last-minute addition to the orbiter's...

Communications glitch slows Phoenix work
Posted: Wed, May 28 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
A problem with a communications relay between Earth and the Phoenix Mars Lander slowed the checkout of the spacecraft, although both Phoenix and an orbiting...

Von Braun team member Stuhlinger dies
Posted: Wed, May 28 6:10 AM ET (1010 GMT)
Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last surviving members of Wernher von Braun's rocket team who came to America after World War 2 dies over...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Tue, May 27 9:48 PM ET (0148 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a polar-orbiting weather satellite Tuesday that will be used to improve weather forecasts for the upcoming Olympics in Beijing....

MRO takes picture of Phoenix entry
Posted: Mon, May 26 8:17 PM ET (0017 GMT)
NASA released Monday a stunning image of Phoenix as it descended towards the Martian surface, taken by another orbiting spacecraft. The high-resolution camera on...

Phoenix lands on Mars
Updated: Sun, May 25 11:09 PM ET (0309 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, May 25 9:13 PM ET (0113 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down on the northern plains of the Red Planet Sunday afternoon. Signals from the spacecraft, relayed through the...

Phoenix skips planned trajectory maneuver
Posted: Sun, May 25 12:10 PM ET (1610 GMT)
Project managers decided to skip a planned trajectory correction maneuver for NASA's Mars Phoenix spacecraft Saturday night as officials remained confident if anxious about...

Russian rocket launches four satellites
Posted: Sat, May 24 1:06 PM ET (1706 GMT)
A Rockot vehicle launched three Russian military satellites and a small secondary satellite on Friday. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...