Pentagon cancels TSAT
Posted: Tue, Apr 7 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
The Defense Department announced Monday it plans to cancel a next-generation communications satellite program and instead purchase more of a different type of communications...

Reports: North Korean launch failed to place satellite in orbit
Posted: Sun, Apr 5 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
North Korea launched a long-range missile on Sunday that it claimed was a satellite launch, but US officials said that there is no evidence...

Atlas launches military communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 4 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the second in a new series of military communications satellites Friday night. The Atlas 5 421 lifted off at...

Next ISS tourist could fly this fall
Posted: Sat, Apr 4 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
The US company that has brokered flights for commercial passengers to the International Space Station said Friday that despite reports of a lack of available...

Proton launches European communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 4 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully placed a European communications satellite into orbit late Friday. The Proton M rocket lifted off on schedule at 12:24 pm...

NASA inspector general resigns
Posted: Fri, Apr 3 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
NASA inspector general Robert Cobb, who had attracted controversy and criticism from members of Congress, announced Thursday that he will resign from the space agency....

LRO/LCROSS launch delayed to June
Posted: Thu, Apr 2 9:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
Delays in the launch of a military spacecraft has pushed back the launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission until June. LRO and...

Atlantis rolled out to pad for Hubble mission
Posted: Wed, Apr 1 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
NASA rolled the space shuttle Atlantis to its launch pad Tuesday for a long-delayed mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis, attached to...

Atlas launch rescheduled for Friday
Posted: Tue, Mar 31 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
The launch a military communications satellite on an Atlas 5 has been rescheduled for Friday after engineers replaced a leaking valve in the rocket's...

Shuttle lands in Florida
Posted: Sat, Mar 28 5:02 PM ET (2102 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery landed in Florida Saturday afternoon, ending a nearly two-week assembly mission to the International Space Station. Discovery landed at the...