Mars rover Spirit suffering glitches
Posted: Wed, Jan 28 8:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Spirit, exploring the Red Planet for over five years now, is suffering from "unexpected behavior" in the last few days, NASA...

New communications satellite fails in orbit
Posted: Wed, Jan 28 8:43 PM ET (0143 GMT)
A newly-launched communications satellite, the first product of an Indo-European joint venture, has suffered a "major anomaly" in orbit and will not be...

NASA defers decision on backup pad for Hubble mission
Posted: Tue, Jan 27 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
NASA managers decided last week to press ahead with plans to launch the space shuttle on a Hubble repair mission as early as May 12,...

Japan launches greenhouse gas monitoring satellite
Posted: Fri, Jan 23 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
An H-2A rocket placed a satellite into orbit Friday designed to study concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The H-2A 202 lifted...

Lockheed reports increased space profits in 2008
Posted: Fri, Jan 23 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
Lockheed Martin's space division reported Thursday increased profits for all of 2008 despite a decline in sales for the year. Lockheed's Space Systems...

SSC to buy Universal Space Network
Posted: Thu, Jan 22 7:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) announced Wednesday that it will acquire Universal Space Network (USN), a US company that operates a set of ground stations...

Japanese launch postponed
Posted: Wed, Jan 21 6:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
The launch of an Earth observation satellite on a Japanese rocket has been postponed until later this week because of poor weather at the launch...

Astra 5A satellite fails
Posted: Mon, Jan 19 5:49 PM ET (2249 GMT)
The Astra 5A communications satellite, operated by European company SES Astra, suffered a "technical anomaly" last week that led to the spacecraft's failure, the...

Delta 4 launches classified satellite
Posted: Sun, Jan 18 11:01 AM ET (1601 GMT)
After several days of delays, a Delta 4 Heavy successfully launched a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Saturday night. The Delta...

PlanetSpace files protest of ISS commercial resupply contract
Posted: Sat, Jan 17 11:43 AM ET (1643 GMT)
PlanetSpace, the one bidder of three that failed to win a NASA contract last month to transport cargo to the International Space Station, filed a...