Atlas launches military weather satellite Posted: Fri, Apr 4 9:28 AM ET (1328 GMT) An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched Thursday a military weather satellite that had been in storage for 15 years. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off... NASA suspends non-ISS cooperation with Russia Posted: Thu, Apr 3 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT) In a largely symbolic move, NASA announced late Wednesday that it was suspending cooperation with the Russian government on space topics, with the exception of... GLONASS navigation system suffers outage Posted: Thu, Apr 3 8:47 AM ET (1247 GMT) Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation system suffered an 11-hour outage on Wednesday, reportedly due to a technical glitch. The satellite network was broadcasting corrupted... Pegasus to launch Earth science smallsats Posted: Wed, Apr 2 9:55 AM ET (1355 GMT) NASA has awarded a contract to Orbital Sciences for the launch of a constellation of small satellites that will monitor hurricanes and other tropical storms.... Sea Launch delays return to flight Posted: Tue, Apr 1 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT) The first mission by Sea Launch since a launch failure more than a year ago will be delayed because of a problem founding during testing,... Long March launches Chinese satellite Posted: Mon, Mar 31 3:10 PM ET (1910 GMT) A Long March rocket placed what Chinese officials said was an experimental satellite into orbit on Monday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from... Boeing wins DARPA contract for small air-launch system Posted: Sat, Mar 29 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT) Boeing this week unveiled its design for an air-launch system after winning a contract from DARPA to develop it. DARPA awarded a $30.6-... Soyuz docks with ISS Posted: Fri, Mar 28 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday evening after a software glitch delayed the docking by nearly 48 hours. The... Cape range problem delays SpaceX launch Posted: Fri, Mar 28 7:07 AM ET (1107 GMT) A problem with a radar at Cape Canaveral that delayed the launch of a classified satellite earlier this week will also delay Sunday night's... New dwarf planet discovered in distant reaches of solar system Posted: Thu, Mar 27 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT) Astronomers said Wednesday they have detected a body in the distant reaches of the solar system similar that may provide new evidence for an unseen... |
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