Minotaur launches LADEE lunar mission Posted: Sat, Sep 7 11:35 AM ET (1535 GMT) A Minotaur 5 successfully launched a NASA lunar orbiter spacecraft Friday night, although project officials said the spacecraft is suffering from what they consider to... SpaceShipTwo performs second powered test flight Posted: Fri, Sep 6 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT) Virgin Galactic flew its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle on its second powered flight Thursday as the company claimed it was on track to bring commercial operations... HTV departs space station Posted: Thu, Sep 5 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT) A Japanese cargo spacecraft unberthed from the International Space Station on Wednesday, less than a month after arriving at the station. The station's robotic... NASA narrows list of landing sites for 2016 Mars mission Posted: Thu, Sep 5 6:41 AM ET (1041 GMT) Four locations in the same region of Mars are finalists as the landing site for NASA's next Mars lander, the agency announced Wednesday. Scientists... China launches three satellites Posted: Tue, Sep 3 6:28 AM ET (1028 GMT) A Long March rocket placed three satellites into orbit Monday for what Western observers believe is a military mission. The Long March 4C rocket lifted... Zenit returns to flight with Amos-4 launch Posted: Sun, Sep 1 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT) A Zenit-3 rocket successfully launched an Israeli communications satellite Saturday night on the first mission of a Zenit rocket since a Sea Launch failure... Ariane launches two satellites Posted: Fri, Aug 30 8:07 AM ET (1207 GMT) An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched communications satellites for a European-Middle Eastern joint venture and for India on Thursday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted... Former JPL director Murray dies Posted: Fri, Aug 30 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT) Bruce Murray, former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a co-founder of The Planetary Society, passed away Thursday at the age of 81... Delta 4 Heavy launches reconnaissance satellite Posted: Thu, Aug 29 1:48 PM ET (1748 GMT) A Delta 4 Heavy rocket launched on Wednesday a classified payload believed to be a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The rocket, the... ALMA operations interrupted by strike Posted: Wed, Aug 28 7:26 AM ET (1126 GMT) Workers at a radio telescope in Chile have gone on strike, disrupting operations of the multinational observatory. The strike, which started late last week, affects... |
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