Israel launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
An Israeli rocket launched a new reconnaissance satellite that may be devoted to keeping an eye on Iran. The Shavit rocket lifted off from the...

NASA may delay final shuttle missions
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 7:17 AM ET (1117 GMT)
NASA is considering rescheduling the final two planned space shuttle missions, pushing the final mission into early 2011, agency officials said Tuesday. Under the proposed...

Dnepr launches German radar satellite
Posted: Tue, Jun 22 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
For the second time in less than a week a Dnepr rocket placed a European satellite into orbit on Monday. The Dnepr rocket, a converted...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers docked with the station on Thursday. The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft docked with the aft port of...

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....