Winners announced in Lunar Lander Challenge
Posted: Tue, Nov 3 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
NASA confirmed late Monday that it will award $1.65 million in prizes to two teams who carried out flights as part of the Lunar...

Rockot launches ESA satellites
Posted: Mon, Nov 2 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
A Russian Rockot vehicle placed two European satellites into orbit early Monday. The Rockot booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodome in northern Russia at...

HTV undocks from ISS
Posted: Sun, Nov 1 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
The first Japanese cargo spacecraft to visit the ISS undocked on Friday in preparation to reenter. The H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was removed from...

Ares 1-X booster damaged by parachute failure
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 3:05 PM ET (1905 GMT)
The solid rocket booster used on the Ares 1-X test flight on Wednesday was damaged after parachutes designed to slow its descent failed, NASA...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Fri, Oct 30 10:02 PM ET (0202 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket placed two commercial communications satellites into orbit late Thursday. The Ariane 5G rocket lifted off from the spaceport at Kourou, French...

NASA declares Ares 1-X launch a success
Posted: Thu, Oct 29 7:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
The suborbital test flight of a prototype of the Ares 1 rocket on Wednesday met or exceeded expectations, NASA officials said. The Ares 1-X...

Orbital reports decreased profit
Posted: Wed, Oct 28 7:03 AM ET (1103 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation reported Tuesday lower profits in its fiscal third quarter, but said that it still exceeded expectations. Orbital reported a net income of $...

Ares 1-X launch scrubbed
Posted: Wed, Oct 28 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
NASA scrubbed Tuesday's attempted launch of the Ares 1-X rocket after weather and other issues developed during the morning. The rocket, a suborbital...

New ISRO chairman named
Posted: Wed, Oct 28 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
The Indian space agency will get a new leader at the end of this month, government officials announced over the weekend. K Radhakrishnan, current director...

Augustine committee report released
Posted: Thu, Oct 22 10:01 PM ET (0201 GMT)
A White House-chartered panel to study the future of NASA's human spaceflight program released its final report Thursday, largely supporting the options it...