China launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 30 7:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese reconnaissance satellite on Wednesday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at...

Soyuz launches GLONASS satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 29 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a new GLONASS navigation satellite on Monday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Atlas launches Mars Science Laboratory
Posted: Sat, Nov 26 12:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully placed NASA's latest Mars rover on a trajectory to the Red Planet on Saturday. The Atlas 5 541 lifted...

Phobos-Grunt goes silent again
Posted: Sat, Nov 26 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Contact with Phobos-Grunt, the Russian Mars mission stranded in Earth orbit for over two weeks, was lost again late this week. An ESA ground...

Proton launches AsiaSat 7
Posted: Sat, Nov 26 8:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for a Hong Kong-based company on Saturday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

ESA antenna receives signal from Phobos-Grunt
Posted: Wed, Nov 23 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
A European Space Agency antenna in Australia has detected a radio signal from Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, the first contract from the Mars-bound...

Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan
Posted: Tue, Nov 22 6:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely early Tuesday in the wintry steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft landed at 9:...

Aging Landsat satellite may be failing
Posted: Tue, Nov 22 6:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
A 27-year-old Earth observation satellite may be on the brink of failure after a recent malfunction, the US Geological Survey reports. The Landsat...

China launches two satellites
Posted: Sun, Nov 20 11:29 AM ET (1629 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed two Chinese research satellites into orbit on Sunday. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...

MSL launch delayed a day
Posted: Sun, Nov 20 11:19 AM ET (1619 GMT)
NASA announced Saturday that the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission will be delayed a day to replace a component on its launch...