SpaceX to move Grasshopper tests to Spaceport America
Posted: Thu, May 9 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
SpaceX will conduct future flight tests of a reusable launch vehicle technology demonstrator at Spaceport America in New Mexico, spaceport officials announced Tuesday. SpaceX has...

Vega launches three satellites
Posted: Tue, May 7 6:36 AM ET (1036 GMT)
After a three-day delay because of weather, a European Vega rocket successfully launched three small satellites Monday night. The Vega lifted off from Kourou,...

Orbital sets date for first Cygnus mission to ISS
Posted: Tue, May 7 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Monday that it plans to launch its first Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station in August or September. The...

Winds postpone Vega launch
Posted: Sat, May 4 9:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
High upper-level winds forced controllers to scrub Friday night's scheduled launch of Europe's Vega small launch vehicle from French Guiana. Vega was...

Zenit failure blamed on faulty hydraulic pump
Posted: Fri, May 3 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
The failure of a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket earlier this year has been traced back to a faulty hydraulic pump in the rocket's...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Thu, May 2 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese communications satellite early Thursday. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at...

NASA extends Soyuz deal with Russians
Posted: Wed, May 1 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday it has extended its agreement with the Russian space agency Roscosmos to purchase seats on Soyuz flights to and from the ISS,...

Mars rover Opportunity in "standby" mode
Posted: Wed, May 1 6:10 AM ET (1010 GMT)
Communications with the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity resumed this week with the discovery that the veteran spacecraft was in "a type of standby mode," JPL...

SpaceShipTwo performs first powered flight
Posted: Tue, Apr 30 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo commercial suborbital spacecraft flew its first flight under rocket power on Monday, a brief test that sent the winged vehicle past...

Herschel space telescope ends mission
Posted: Tue, Apr 30 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
ESA's Herschel infrared space telescope formally ended its mission Monday when it exhausted its remaining supply of liquid helium coolant, the space agency announced....