Paradigm orders fourth Skynet satellite for UK military
Posted: Thu, Mar 11 6:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
The British military and the private company that provides it with communications services have agreed to a deal that will involve the launch of a...

SpaceX test firing aborted
Posted: Wed, Mar 10 6:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
A planned test firing of the first stage engines on the first Falcon 9 was aborted because of a technical problem, officials said late Tuesday....

White House planning April space conference
Posted: Mon, Mar 8 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama will host a conference in April to discuss his administration's new vision for space. The...

Orbital buys General Dynamics satellite unit
Posted: Sat, Mar 6 9:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced this week that it agreed to acquire the satellite division of General Dynamics. Orbital agreed to acquire the division, based in...

Delta 4 launches weather satellite
Posted: Fri, Mar 5 7:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
A Delta 4 launch successfully placed a weather satellite into orbit Thursday night. The Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) lifted off from Space Launch Complex...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Fri, Mar 5 6:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
China launched a remote sensing satellite Friday, the latest in a series of satellites thought to have military applications. The Long March 4C rocket lifted...

Shuttle rolled out to pad
Posted: Wed, Mar 3 9:07 PM ET (0207 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery was rolled out to its launch pad early Wednesday in preparation for its launch to the ISS next month. Discovery left...

Ice deposits discovered at Moon's north pole
Posted: Wed, Mar 3 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
An American instrument on an Indian spacecraft has detected deposits of water ice in portions of craters in the Moon's north polar region, scientists...

Proton launches three GLONASS satellites
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed three new Russian navigation satellites into orbit early Tuesday. The Proton-M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Observatories survive Chilean earthquake unscathed
Posted: Tue, Mar 2 7:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
Several major observatories in Chile made it through Saturday's massive earthquake without significant damage. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile in the early...