SpaceX raises $50 million
Posted: Wed, Nov 10 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Commercial launch vehicle developer SpaceX has raised an additional $50 million as it prepares for the launch of its first Dragon spacecraft. The company reported...

Delta 2 launches Italian satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 6 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
A Delta 2 lifted off Friday night from California, placing an Italian remote sensing satellite into orbit. The Delta 2 7420-10 lifted off from...

STS-133 launch scrubbed, delayed until end of month
Posted: Fri, Nov 5 1:51 PM ET (1751 GMT)
NASA scrubbed Friday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery because of a hydrogen leak, making it unlikely that the mission would launch before...

EPOXI flies past comet Hartley 2
Posted: Fri, Nov 5 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
NASA's EPOXI mission provided scientists with the first close-up views of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 on Thursday, revealing a small, elongated...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Fri, Nov 5 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese weather satellite into polar orbit early Friday, continuing a record-setting string of launches by the country. The...

Weather delays STS-133 launch to Friday
Posted: Thu, Nov 4 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
NASA decided early Thursday to delay the launch of the space shuttle Discovery until Friday because of poor weather in Florida. The agency had hoped...

STS-133 launch delayed to at least Thursday
Posted: Wed, Nov 3 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT)
Shuttle managers late Tuesday decided to postpone the launch of the shuttle Discovery to at least Thursday to check an issue with a main engine...

Russia launches communications satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 3 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
A Soyuz 2 rocket launched a Russian military communications satellite on Tuesday. The Soyuz 2-1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

Delta 2 launch postponed
Posted: Tue, Nov 2 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
The launch of an Italian remote sensing satellite on a Delta 2 was scrubbed Monday night because of a last-minute technical glitch. The Delta...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 2 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
China launched early Monday the latest in a series of navigation satellites. The Long March 3C carrying a Beidou satellite lifted off from Xichang Satellite...