ILS wins contract for Eutelsat launch
Posted: Fri, Nov 11 6:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
International Launch Services announced this week it had won a contract to launch a Eutelsat communications satellite in 2013. ILS will launch Eutelsat W3D, a...

J-2X engine passes test
Posted: Thu, Nov 10 2:11 PM ET (1911 GMT)
A rocket engine planned for the upper stage of NASA's new heavy-lift launch vehicle passed a major firing test on Wednesday. A J-...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 9 1:58 PM ET (1858 GMT)
China launched the latest in a series of Earth observation satellites on Wednesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch...

Phobos-Grunt launched but stranded in orbit
Posted: Wed, Nov 9 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
Russia launched its first Mars mission in 15 years early Wednesday, but a technical problem has stranded the spacecraft in Earth orbit, at least temporarily....

NASA plans 2014 Orion test flight
Posted: Wed, Nov 9 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday plans to fly its Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) capsule on an initial, uncrewed test flight in 2014. The Exploration Flight...

Mars500 simulation concludes
Posted: Sun, Nov 6 9:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
Six men completed on Friday a 520-day simulated Mars mission conducted in a Moscow laboratory. The six men, three from Russia and one each...

Proton launches three GLONASS satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched Friday, carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:51 am EDT (...

China carries out its first space docking
Posted: Thu, Nov 3 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
China docked two spacecraft in orbit for the first time ever on Wednesday when its Shenzhou-8 spacecraft met up with the Tiangong-1 module....

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 2 2:01 PM ET (1801 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday morning. The Progress M-13M spacecraft, designated Progress 45 by NASA, docked with...

China launches uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft
Posted: Tue, Nov 1 6:49 AM ET (1049 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed an uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit early Tuesday on a mission to demonstrate docking technology essential to China's space...