NRO director resigns
Posted: Fri, Apr 10 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
The head of the National Reconnaissance Office announced his resignation this week, a day after the White House approved a new spysat program. Scott Large...

Arianespace reports narrow profit
Posted: Fri, Apr 10 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
Commercial launch provider Arianespace reported this week a small profit in 2008. The French company reported a profit of €2.5 million (US$3....

Government approves new spysat plan
Posted: Thu, Apr 9 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
The White House has approved a new reconnaissance satellite program that will combine the development of government spacecraft with additional support for commercial imagery purchases....

ISS crew and tourist return
Posted: Wed, Apr 8 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two ISS crew members and a space tourist returned to Earth early Wednesday in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft touched...

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....