Mitsubishi wins commercial satellite order
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 6:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Melco) announced its first commercial satellite order for a customer outside Japan on Tuesday. Melco will build the ST-2 satellite for...

XCOR announces ticket sales plans and prices
Posted: Wed, Dec 3 8:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
XCOR Aerospace, a company developing a suborbital piloted spacecraft, announced Tuesday its plans to sell tickets for customers to fly on that vehicle. XCOR is...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Wed, Dec 3 12:14 AM ET (0514 GMT)
A Molniya rocket launched a military satellite into an elliptical orbit early Tuesday. The Molniya-M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

China launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 1 1:54 PM ET (1854 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese remote sensing satellite into orbit on Monday, Chinese media reported. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from...

Shuttle lands at Edwards
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 7:59 PM ET (0059 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Saturday afternoon in California after weather diverted the shuttle from a Florida landing. Endeavour touched down on runway 4L...

Progress docks manually with ISS
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 3:21 PM ET (2021 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Sunday under manual control. The Progress M-01M spacecraft (designated Progress 31 by NASA)...

NASA postpones shuttle landing in Florida, California landing planned
Updated: Sun, Nov 30 1:20 PM ET (1820 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, Nov 30 12:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
Bad weather has forced mission managers to cancel two landing attempts scheduled for Sunday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and have decided on...

Endeavour undocks from ISS
Posted: Fri, Nov 28 3:17 PM ET (2017 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Friday morning as its two-week mission winds down. Endeavour undocked from the ISS at...

Chandrayaan-1 suffering heating problems
Posted: Fri, Nov 28 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
India's first lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, is overheating and will reduce its operations for a month and a half as a result. Temperatures inside...

Ministers approve ESA spending plans
Posted: Thu, Nov 27 11:44 AM ET (1644 GMT)
Ministers of member nations of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved Wednesday a €10-billion (US$13-billion) spending plan for the agency that...