SLS passes preliminary design review
Posted: Sat, Aug 3 8:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket has completed its preliminary design review (PDR), a key early milestone in the development of the...

Indian satellite reaches final orbit after glitch
Posted: Fri, Aug 2 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
A recently-launched Indian satellite entered geosynchronous orbit this week after a suffering a potentially serious problem after launch. The INSAT-3D satellite was placed...

Eutelsat to acquire Satmex
Posted: Thu, Aug 1 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
One of the "big four" operators of commercial communications satellites announced Wednesday that it is acquiring a Mexican satellite operator in a deal valued at...

EADS to merge defense and space units, rebrand as Airbus
Posted: Thu, Aug 1 6:51 AM ET (1051 GMT)
European aerospace company EADS announced plans Wednesday to combine its defense and space units into one division, while also rebranding the overall company after its...

SpaceX wins Canadian satellite contract
Posted: Thu, Aug 1 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
SpaceX announced this week that it had won a contract to launch a constellation of Canadian radar satellites in 2018. SpaceX will launch the three...

Astronomers detect exoplanet in x-rays
Posted: Wed, Jul 31 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Astronomers have detected an extrasolar planet for the first time using x-ray observations. Researchers used observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and...

Progress launches, docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Jul 28 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday night less than six hours after its launch from Kazakhstan. A Soyuz rocket carrying...

NASA spacecraft find "particle accelerator" in Van Allen belts
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Twin NASA spacecraft launched last year have helped scientists determine that charged particles in the Van Allen belts circling the Earth are accelerated from within...

Ariane 5 launches communications and weather satellites
Posted: Fri, Jul 26 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched a large commercial communications satellite and an Indian meteorological satellite on Thursdays. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from...

Orion passes latest parachute landing test
Posted: Thu, Jul 25 9:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
NASA's Orion crew spacecraft passed the tenth in a series of tests of its landing system Wednesday, landing safely from an altitude of more...