Sea Launch lands O3b contract
Posted: Wed, Sep 24 7:23 AM ET (1123 GMT)
Sea Launch announced this week that it has won a contract to launch a network of communications satellites for a startup venture. O3b Networks will...

SpaceX planning next Falcon launch in days
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) may conduct its next Falcon 1 launch as early as September 23, pending final tests, the company announced late Friday. According...

Proton launches Nimiq 4
Posted: Sat, Sep 20 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched the Nimiq 4 satellite for a Canadian satellite operator early Saturday. The Proton-M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

Europe selects finalists for Galileo
Posted: Sat, Sep 20 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
The European Commission and ESA have selected a shortlist of companies that will compete for contracts to develop and operate the Galileo satellite navigation system....

Endeavour rolled out to pad
Posted: Fri, Sep 19 4:56 PM ET (2056 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour was rolled out to the pad early Friday, marking perhaps the final time that two shuttles are on the pad simultaneously....

Phoenix mission extended again
Posted: Fri, Sep 19 7:18 AM ET (1118 GMT)
NASA has funded a second and likely final extension to its Phoenix Mars Lander mission, the agency announced this week. The $6-million extension will...

Progress docks with ISS after hurricane delay
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday after a five-day delay caused by Hurricane Ike. The Progress M-...

Contamination issue may delay shuttle launch
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 7:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
Loose insulation that contaminated a cargo carrier will delay its installation into the shuttle Atlantis, potentially delaying its mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope....

NASA selects Mars atmosphere mission
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 8:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
NASA announced on Monday the selection of a mission that will study the Martian atmosphere. The $485-million Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft...

Astronomers take first image of planet around Sun-like star
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 8:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
For the first time astronomers have directly imaged an extrasolar planet orbiting a star like our own Sun. A team from the University of Toronto...