Phoenix lander enters survival mode
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft is starting to shut down some of its systems in a effort to extend the life of the mission...

China launches research satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 26 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a pair of experimental research satellites on Saturday. The Long March 4B lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center...

Armadillo Aerospace wins Lunar Lander Challenge prize
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
Entrepreneurial space company Armadillo Aerospace captured the $350,000 first prize in Level 1 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge on Friday. The Texas-...

Delta launches Italian satellite
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket launched the third in a series of Italian remote sensing satellites Friday night. The Delta 2 7420-10 lifted off from...

Soyuz lands on target
Posted: Fri, Oct 24 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American commercial passenger landed safely in Kazakhstan early Friday, avoiding reentry problems that plagued two previous...

Hubble ready to resume observations
Posted: Fri, Oct 24 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
NASA is on track to restore the Hubble Space Telescope to scientific operations as soon as this weekend, agency officials said Thursday. The orbiting telescope'...

ICO wins lawsuit against Boeing
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 9:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
A California jury awarded satellite operator ICO over $370 million in a suit against Boeing regarding a contract to manufacture a constellation of communications satellites....

Congress removes funding for satellite imagery program
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 8:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Congress quietly removed funding from a defense appropriations bill for a controversial satellite imagery programs that critics alleged duplicated capabilities available commercially. The Broad Area...

India launches first lunar mission
Posted: Wed, Oct 22 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
India successfully launched its first mission to the Moon early Wednesday. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket lifted off from the Indian spaceport at...

Atlantis returns to VAB
Posted: Wed, Oct 22 9:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Monday as its mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope has been postponed...