Soyuz returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, Oct 11 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two ISS crew members and a space tourist returned to Earth early Sunday. The Soyuz TMA-14 capsule landed at 12:...

LCROSS impacts Moon
Posted: Fri, Oct 9 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft and its upper stage impacted the lunar surface early Friday, but did not create a flash or plume readily visible from the...

Delta 2 launches WorldView-2
Posted: Fri, Oct 9 5:28 AM ET (0928 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a high-resolution commercial remote sensing satellite on Thursday. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force...

Masten vehicle qualifies for Lunar Lander Challenge prize
Posted: Thu, Oct 8 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
A vehicle developed by a small California company successfully qualified for a $150,000 prize that is part of NASA's Centennial Challenges program. Masten...

Astrium wins order for two remote sensing satellites
Posted: Thu, Oct 8 6:13 AM ET (1013 GMT)
EADS Astrium announced this week that it has won a contract by the government of Kazakhstan for a pair of remote sensing satellites. The contract,...

Giant ring discovered around Saturn
Posted: Wed, Oct 7 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a giant ring around the planet Saturn, bigger than any other planetary ring in our solar system. Astronomers...

ViaSat to buy WildBlue
Posted: Sat, Oct 3 11:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
ViaSat announced Thursday that it is acquiring WildBlue Communications, a deal that brings together a company planning to provide satellite broadband services with one that...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 2 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two new ISS crew members and a space tourist docked with the space station early Friday. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Fri, Oct 2 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched two communications satellites for a Spanish commercial operator and the German military on Thursday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off on...

MESSENGER flies past Mercury, suffers power glitch
Posted: Thu, Oct 1 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft made its third flyby of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, but a problem with the spacecraft's power system caused the spacecraft...