Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America finalize lease agreement
Posted: Thu, Jan 1 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
Virgin Galactic has agreed to a long-term lease agreement with a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico, state officials announced Wednesday. Virgin Galactic will...

Loral reveals customer of satellite contract
Posted: Thu, Jan 1 10:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) revealed Wednesday that the previously-unannounced customer of one of its communications satellites is Intelsat. SS/L will build the...

NASA releases Columbia crew survival report
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Columbia lost consciousness within seconds of the breakup of the orbiter during reentry on the STS-107 mission nearly...

Russia launches GLONASS satellites
Posted: Fri, Dec 26 11:27 AM ET (1627 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed three GLONASS satellites into orbit on Thursday as part of a continuing effort to replenish the satellite navigation constellation. The Proton...

Orbital, SpaceX win ISS resupply contracts
Posted: Wed, Dec 24 12:09 PM ET (1709 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) won contracts from NASA on Tuesday to provide cargo resupply services to the International Space Station with...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 23 6:47 PM ET (2347 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese weather satellite on Tuesday, the latest in a recent surge in Chinese launch activity. The Long March 3A...

ISS crew performs spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Dec 23 6:39 PM ET (2339 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew carried out a spacewalk outside the station Monday night to install experiments to the station's...

WhiteKnightTwo makes first flight
Posted: Mon, Dec 22 1:37 PM ET (1837 GMT)
WhiteKnightTwo, the carrier aircraft for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital space tourism vehicle, made its inaugural test flight Sunday morning in California. The aircraft took...

Ariane launches two Eutelsat satellites
Posted: Mon, Dec 22 1:30 PM ET (1830 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two communications satellites for Eutelsat Saturday evening. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana at 5:...

Carbonates found on Mars
Posted: Sat, Dec 20 12:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
Scientists announced this week that they have detected carbonate minerals on Mars, a finding that provides new insights into the early watery history of Mars....