Japan launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Sep 24 9:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
An H-2 rocket successfully launched a Japanese spy satellite on Friday. The H-2A 202 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 12:...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 22 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two satellites on Wednesday night, a day after a previous launch attempt was postponed by a strike. The Ariane...

Proton returns to flight with military satellite launch
Posted: Wed, Sep 21 1:52 PM ET (1752 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a Russian military satellite on Wednesday, a little over a month after the launch Proton launch failed. The Proton-M...

Ariane launch delayed by strike
Posted: Tue, Sep 20 1:57 PM ET (1757 GMT)
The launch of two communications satellites on an Ariane 5 scheduled for today has been postponed by a strike at Arianespace's French Guiana spaceport,...

UARS expected to reenter late this week
Posted: Tue, Sep 20 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
NASA is predicting that a 20-year-old satellite will reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Friday, posing a very small but non-zero risk...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Mon, Sep 19 6:18 AM ET (1018 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese communications satellite on Monday in the first Chinese launch since an August launch failure. The Long March 3B...

Senate committee approves $17.9 billion NASA budget
Posted: Sat, Sep 17 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
The Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved a $17.9-billion budget for NASA that includes funding for exploration programs, commercial crew development, and the...

Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan
Posted: Fri, Sep 16 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely in Kazakhstan early Friday, but not without some nervous moments during its descent. The Soyuz TMA-...

Exoplanet found orbiting binary star system
Posted: Fri, Sep 16 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday the discovery a planet orbiting a pair of stars, the first such extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, detected to date. Astronomers found the...

NASA announces SLS design
Posted: Wed, Sep 14 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
NASA unveiled Wednesday morning its proposed design for the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, scheduled to make an initial test flight in 2017....