NASA extends Cassini mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 6:19 AM ET (1119 GMT)
The Cassini spacecraft will continue its studies of Saturn and its moons through 2017 under a mission extension NASA announced Wednesday. Cassini, launched in 1997,...

Iran launches rocket carrying animals into space
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 6:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
The Iranian government said Wednesday that it had launched a rocket carrying a capsule with a number of animals in it into space. The Kavoshgar-...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 10:45 pm EST Tuesday (0345...

NASA awards commercial crew funds
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
As NASA begins plans to rely on commercial providers to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, the agency awarded Monday $50 million to five companies...

NPOESS program restructured
Posted: Tue, Feb 2 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
A weather satellite program that has suffered from delays and cost overruns will be restructured in the administration's budget request, unwinding a controversial joint...

NASA budget proposal would cancel Constellation
Posted: Mon, Feb 1 7:27 PM ET (0027 GMT)
The White House released its proposed fiscal year 2011 budget Monday that included a radical new proposal to end NASA's Constellation program. The $19-...

SpaceX wins contract for Israeli satellite launch
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 6:21 AM ET (1121 GMT)
SpaceX, seeking to gain a foothold in the commercial GEO satellite launch market, announced this week that it won a contract to launch an Israeli...

Eutelsat spacecraft suffers anomaly
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 6:09 AM ET (1109 GMT)
A Eutelsat communications satellite suffered a technical problem late Wednesday, disrupting broadcasting services. The Eutelsat W2 spacecraft, located at 16 degrees east in GEO, went...

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 2:00 PM ET (1900 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed a Russian military communications satellite into orbit early Thursday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Reports: White House to increase NASA budget, cancel Ares
Posted: Thu, Jan 28 7:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
After weeks of rumors of substantial changes to NASA's future space exploration programs, White House and NASA officials said late Wednesday that the agency'...