China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Thu, Jun 3 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched the fourth in a series of Chinese navigation satellites late Wednesday. The Long March 3C rocket lifted off at 11:...

Iridium selects Thales for next-generation satellites
Posted: Thu, Jun 3 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Iridium has selected Thales Alenia Space to build its next generation of low Earth orbit communications satellites, the companies announced Wednesday. Thales will build 81...

Rockot launches Japanese satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 1:54 PM ET (1754 GMT)
A Russian rocket placed a Japanese technology demonstration satellite into low Earth orbit early Wednesday. The Rockot vehicle lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in...

Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely in Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 8:04...

Loral, Orbital win satellite orders
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Tuesday that they have won contracts for communications satellites. SS/L will build the Anik...

Delta 4 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Fri, May 28 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
A Delta 4 launched the first of a new generation of GPS satellites late Thursday after several earlier attempts were scrubbed. The Delta 4 Medium+ (...

NASA reassigns Constellation manager
Posted: Thu, May 27 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
NASA on Wednesday reassigned the manager of its Constellation exploration program to a new position within the agency. Jeff Hanley, who had been program manager...

Atlantis lands at KSC
Posted: Wed, May 26 5:12 PM ET (2112 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed Wednesday morning at the Kennedy Space Center, ending what is currently scheduled to be the final mission for that orbiter....

NASA ends efforts to contact Phoenix Mars Lander
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:16 AM ET (1116 GMT)
One day before the second anniversary of its landing, NASA officials said they were ending efforts to resume contact with the Phoenix Mars Lander as...

Delta 4 GPS launch scrubbed again
Posted: Tue, May 25 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
The launch of the first of a new series of GPS satellites was postponed again Monday night because of a last-second technical problem with...