Lockheed space unit reports higher sales, lower profit
Posted: Thu, Apr 23 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
The Space Systems division of Lockheed Martin reported slightly higher sales but lower operating profit in the first quarter of 2009, the company reported this...

Small exoplanet found around nearby star
Posted: Wed, Apr 22 8:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Astronomers announced Tuesday the discovery of the smallest extrasolar planet yet found, a world less than twice the mass of the Earth just 21 light-...

India launches remote sensing, education satellites
Posted: Mon, Apr 20 1:52 PM ET (1752 GMT)
An Indian rocket placed into orbit on Monday a radar imaging satellite widely considered to be a military reconnaissance satellite as well as a small...

Sea Launch places Italian satellite in orbit
Posted: Mon, Apr 20 1:42 PM ET (1742 GMT)
A Sea Launch rocket successfully launched an Italian military communications satellite early Monday. The Zenit-3SL lifted off from the Odyssey Launch Platform, on the...

"Rescue" shuttle rolled out to pad
Posted: Sat, Apr 18 9:38 AM ET (1338 GMT)
NASA moved the space shuttle Endeavour out to its launch pad early Friday so that it is in place to serve as a "rescue shuttle"...

Reports: next Falcon 1 launch delayed
Posted: Sat, Apr 18 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
The launch of a Malaysian satellite on a Falcon 1 rocket has been delayed several weeks because of a problem with the launch vehicle, Malaysian...

Kepler returns first images
Posted: Fri, Apr 17 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has returned its first images of a region of the sky that the spacecraft will study in its search for Earth-...

NASA spacecraft provide 3-D views of solar storms
Posted: Fri, Apr 17 7:39 AM ET (1139 GMT)
A pair of NASA spacecraft have given scientists their first three-dimensional look at a power class of solar storms. The twin Solar Terrestrial Relations...

NASA names new ISS module "Tranquility"
Posted: Wed, Apr 15 7:38 AM ET (1138 GMT)
Bypassing the results of a poll, NASA announced Tuesday night that the new node for the International Space Station will be named "Tranquility", but gave...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 15 7:27 AM ET (1127 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese navigation satellite into orbit early Wednesday. The rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 12:16...