Startup company announces broadband satellite system
Posted: Wed, Sep 10 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
A new company, in partnership with three major firms, announced Tuesday plans to deploy a satellite system to provide broadband access to underserved regions of...

GOCE launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Sep 8 8:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
The launch of a European Earth sciences satellite has been postponed until next month because of a problem with the launch vehicle. The Gravity field...

China plans third manned launch this month
Posted: Mon, Sep 8 8:46 PM ET (0046 GMT)
China will launch its third human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 7, by the end of this month, Chinese media reported this weekend. According to a report...

Delta 2 launches GeoEye satellite
Posted: Sun, Sep 7 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket placed the latest commercial remote sensing satellite for a US company into orbit Saturday afternoon. The Delta 2 7420-10 lifted...

Rosetta flies by asteroid
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 9:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft flew past an asteroid late Friday, returning some images although also suffering a problem with one camera. Rosetta passed 800 kilometers...

China launches disaster monitoring satellites
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 9:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed two satellites into orbit Saturday designed to monitor the environment and natural disasters. The Long March 2C lifted off from...

NASA delays next two shuttle launches
Posted: Fri, Sep 5 8:22 PM ET (0022 GMT)
NASA has pushed back the launch dates for the next two shuttle missions by two days each, the space agency announced Friday. The launch of...

Atlantis rolled out to pad
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 9:26 PM ET (0126 GMT)
After delays caused by technical problems and threatening weather, NASA rolled the space shuttle Atlantis to the pad on Thursday. Atlantis left the Vehicle Assembly...

Progress leaves ISS, ATV set to depart
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS earlier this week as the first European cargo vessel to dock with the station also prepares to...

Astronaut named new CSA president
Posted: Wed, Sep 3 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
The Canadian government selected astronaut Steven MacLean as the new president of the Canadian Space Agency on Tuesday. MacLean was part of the original group...