First Taurus 2 launch postponed to 2012
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
The inaugural launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Taurus 2 rocket has been pushed back to early 2012 due to construction delays at its Virginia...

Proton launches ViaSat-1
Posted: Thu, Oct 20 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched Thursday a broadband communications satellite for a US company. The Proton Breeze M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at...

Soyuz launch from Kourou scrubbed
Posted: Thu, Oct 20 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
A problem discovered during fueling postponed early Thursday the launch of the first Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, for at least 24 hours. Engineers...

Virgin Galactic dedicates spaceport terminal building
Posted: Tue, Oct 18 9:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic formally dedicated the terminal building that will host its suborbital spaceflights in New Mexico in a ceremony on Monday. The...

ESA seeks Russian cooperation on Mars mission
Posted: Mon, Oct 17 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
Unable to get a commitment from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) is in discussions with Russia to launch a Mars orbiter later this decade....

Astronomers date when universe's "cosmic fog" lifted
Posted: Fri, Oct 14 6:16 AM ET (1016 GMT)
Astronomers looking at the oldest galaxies in the universe have been able to establish a date for when a "cosmic fog" of hydrogen dissipated. Astronomers...

German satellite to reenter later this month
Posted: Thu, Oct 13 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
A German astronomy satellite that has been in orbit for over 20 years will reenter later this month, posing an impact hazard slightly greater than...

India launches Earth science satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 12 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
An Indian rocket successfully launched a joint Indo-French Earth sciences satellite on Wednesday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from India's...

Dawn images reveal giant mountain on Vesta
Posted: Tue, Oct 11 6:51 AM ET (1051 GMT)
New images released by NASA's Dawn mission feature a mountain three times the height of the tallest mountain on Earth. The latest images from...

China launches European communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 8:32 PM ET (0032 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a European communications satellite on Friday, marking the first Chinese launch for a Western company in over a decade. The...