Iridium signs launch contract with SpaceX
Posted: Thu, Jun 17 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
Communications satellite company Iridium announced Wednesday a nearly $500-million contract with SpaceX to launch its next generation of satellites. The $492-million contract covers...

Occultation sheds light on KBO
Posted: Thu, Jun 17 6:54 AM ET (1054 GMT)
Planetary astronomers have made the first observation of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) occulting a star, providing information on its size and albedo. An MIT-...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Jun 16 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers lifted off from Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:...

Dnepr launches European satellites
Posted: Wed, Jun 16 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully launched a group of small French and Swedish satellites on Tuesday. The Dnepr vehicle lifted off from the Yazny launch base...

New evidence of ancient ocean on Mars
Posted: Tue, Jun 15 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
A recently-published study provides additional evidence that an ocean covered as much as one third of the surface of Mars early in its history....

China launches research satellite
Posted: Tue, Jun 15 7:17 AM ET (1117 GMT)
A Chinese rocket launched a small scientific research satellite on Tuesday. The Long March 2D rocked lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Hayabusa capsule lands in Australia
Posted: Mon, Jun 14 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
A capsule from a Japanese spacecraft that visited an asteroid landed in the Australian outback on Sunday and has since been recovered. The capsule from...

Japanese spacecraft deploys solar sail
Posted: Sat, Jun 12 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
An experimental Japanese spacecraft launch last month has deployed a solar sail, project officials said late this week. The Ikaros spacecraft, launched on May 21...

Many comets from other solar systems
Posted: Fri, Jun 11 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
The vast majority of comets in our solar system actually formed around other stars and were later captured by the Sun, scientists reported Thursday. Computer...

KSLV launch fails
Posted: Thu, Jun 10 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
The second attempt by South Korea to launch a satellite into orbit failed Thursday when the rocket apparently exploded in flight. The KSLV-1 rocket (...