Dordain gets another term as ESA leader
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 6:54 AM ET (1054 GMT)
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Thursday that its current director-general, Jean-Jacques Dordain, will serve another term as leader of the space agency....

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...