Astrium wins order for SES satellite
Posted: Wed, Jul 16 7:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
European satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium has won a contract from SES Astra for a new communications satellite. Astrium will build the Astra 1N satellite for...

Cosmonauts remove Soyuz bolt in spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Jul 11 7:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts performed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, removing an explosive bolt from the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station....

Scientists find evidence of water in lunar interior
Posted: Thu, Jul 10 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
Analysis of rocks returned by the Apollo missions to the Moon has led scientists to conclude that the lunar interior contains at least traces of...

Loral wins contract for Hispasat spacecraft
Posted: Thu, Jul 10 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral has won a contract to build a new communications satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat, the company announced Wednesday. SS/L will build...

NASA announces schedule for remaining shuttle launches
Posted: Tue, Jul 8 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
NASA announced on Monday the tentative schedule for the remaining 10 launches of the space shuttle, with the final launch now scheduled for mid-2010....

Ariane 5 launches two satellites
Posted: Tue, Jul 8 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites for Middle Eastern and American operators on Monday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French...

Spacecraft confirms Mercury is shrinking
Posted: Fri, Jul 4 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Data collected by a NASA spacecraft as it flew past the innermost planet, Mercury, in January has confirmed that the planet is shrinking as it...

Instrument concerns accelerate Mars sample analysis plans
Posted: Thu, Jul 3 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
The possibility of a short circuit in a key instrument on NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has led scientists to accelerate the analysis of a...

Proton launches Russian military satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 28 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
A Russian Proton rocket launched a military satellite early Friday, the first Proton launch since a failure in March. The Proton K rocket lifted off...

Phoenix finds Earth-like soil
Posted: Sat, Jun 28 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
The first chemical analysis of the soil at the landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has revealed conditions not dissimilar to those of...