Astrium wins four-satellite order from SES
Posted: Tue, Dec 1 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
European satellite operator SES has ordered four new communications satellite from EADS Astrium, the companies announced Monday. The order, first reported Friday by Space News,...

Zenit-3SLB launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Nov 30 5:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
Sunday's scheduled launch of a communications satellite from Baikonur was postponed because of a technical problem. A Zenit-3SLB was scheduled to launch Sunday...

Japan launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 28 8:07 PM ET (0107 GMT)
An H-2 rocket placed a Japanese reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Saturday. The H-2A rocket lifted off at 8:21 pm EST Friday (...

Atlantis lands in Florida
Posted: Fri, Nov 27 1:30 PM ET (1830 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida Friday morning, bring the STS-129 mission to the ISS to a successful end. Atlantis landed at the...

Shuttle undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 25 6:54 PM ET (2354 GMT)
The shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday morning as it prepares to return to Earth on Friday. Atlantis undocked from the ISS...

Proton launches European satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 25 11:02 AM ET (1602 GMT)
After a one-day delay caused by a dispute between Russian and Kazakh officials, a Proton rocket successfully launched a European communications satellite Tuesday. The...

Astronauts perform final STS-129 EVA
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 6:18 AM ET (1118 GMT)
Two astronauts breezed through the third and final spacewalk of the STS-129 shuttle mission to the ISS on Monday. Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher...

Former Soviet cosmonaut Feoktistov dies
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 6:07 AM ET (1107 GMT)
Konstantin Feoktistov, a Soviet spacecraft designer and member of the first three-man space mission, passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Feoktistov, a...

Dispute delays Proton launch
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 6:00 AM ET (1100 GMT)
The launch of a European communications satellite on a Proton rocket was delayed for 24 hours on Monday, apparently because of a dispute between Russian...

Atlas launches Intelsat 14
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 6:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a new Intelsat communications satellite early Monday. The Atlas 5 431 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:...