Lockheed closing Penn. satellite plant
Posted: Fri, Nov 15 6:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that, as part of a company-wide consolidation of its facilities, it will close a factory in Pennsylvania that builds satellites...

Arianespace, SpaceX delay launches
Posted: Thu, Nov 14 1:55 PM ET (1855 GMT)
Arianespace has delayed its next Ariane 5 launch until January, while SpaceX has pushed back its next Cape Canaveral launch a few days, the companies...

India's Mars orbiter recovers from engine glitch
Posted: Wed, Nov 13 6:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft performed a supplemental engine burn early Tuesday, raising its orbit around the Earth and correcting for an engine...

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 12 6:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Russian military communications satellite early Tuesday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:...

Indian Mars mission suffered engine glitch
Posted: Mon, Nov 11 1:27 PM ET (1827 GMT)
A problem with the main engine on India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft caused the spacecraft to fall short of its planned altitude on...

Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers to Earth
Posted: Mon, Nov 11 7:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three International Space Station crewmembers from Italy, Russia, and the United States landed safely in Kazakhstan early Monday. The Soyuz TMA-...

GOCE satellite reenters; no damage reported
Posted: Mon, Nov 11 6:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
An ESA satellite whose orbit had been decaying for several weeks reentered Sunday night, with no signs of damage from falling debris. The Gravity field...

Cosmonauts perform spacewalk with Olympic torch
Posted: Sun, Nov 10 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying out a photo opportunity for the Olympic torch but having mixed...

GOCE satellite expected to reenter Sunday night
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
A European satellite in a decaying orbit is expected to reenter late Sunday or early Monday, but poses very little risk to people on Earth....

Astronomers spot asteroid with multiple comet-like tails
Posted: Fri, Nov 8 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
Astronomers reported Thursday that they have spotted an object in the main asteroid belt that has six comet-like tails spouting from it, evidence that...