China launches communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Jun 21 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
A Long March rocket successfully launched a Chinese communications satellite on Tuesday. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center...

MESSENGER reveals new insights about Mercury
Posted: Fri, Jun 17 6:53 AM ET (1053 GMT)
Early analysis of data returned by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft have provided planetary scientists with new information about the innermost planet. MESSENGER entered orbit around...

Engine problem unlikely to delay Atlantis launch
Posted: Fri, Jun 17 6:34 AM ET (1034 GMT)
A faulty engine valve on the space shuttle Atlantis found earlier this week can be replaced without causing a delay in the planned final shuttle...

Iran launches small satellite
Posted: Thu, Jun 16 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
The Iranian government announced Thursday that it launched a small satellite, the second spacecraft put into orbit by the country. The Safir rocket lifted off...

Scientists forecast lull in solar activity
Posted: Wed, Jun 15 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
The Sun may be entering an extended period of relatively quiet activity, a development that has implications for space exploration and possibly the Earth's...

Lockheed Martin space unit to lay off 1,200
Posted: Wed, Jun 15 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems announced Tuesday that it will lay off 1,200 of its 16,000 employees by the end of the year. The...

Orbital, SpaceX win Thaicom contracts
Posted: Tue, Jun 14 7:36 AM ET (1136 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation will build the latest spacecraft for a Thai company, and SpaceX will launch that satellite, in separate deals announced Monday. Orbital won...

Honeywell to buy EMS Technologies
Posted: Tue, Jun 14 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
Honeywell announced Monday it plans to acquire EMS Technologies, a company that provides antenna and other satellite communications technologies, in a deal valued at nearly...

Delta 2 launches Earth sciences satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully placed a joint American-Argentine Earth sciences satellite into orbit Friday morning. The Delta 2 7320-10 lifted off from...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Jun 10 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers docked with the station Thursday afternoon. The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft docked with the Rassvet module of...