Lockheed acquires Astrotech payload processing business
Posted: Tue, Jun 3 6:21 AM ET (1021 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced late last week that it is purchasing a division of Astrotech that processes satellites for launch. Lockheed will acquire Astrotech Space Operations...

SpaceX unveils crewed version of Dragon spacecraft
Posted: Fri, May 30 7:32 PM ET (2332 GMT)
SpaceX, one of three companies competing for a commercial crew contract from NASA, unveiled Thursday night the crewed version of of its Dragon spacecraft that...

New crew launched to the International Space Station
Posted: Thu, May 29 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station lifted off Wednesday and docked with the station less than six hours later. The Soyuz TMA-...

Orbital delays next space station mission
Posted: Thu, May 29 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
Orbital Sciences announced Wednesday that it postpone the launch of its next cargo mission to the International Space Station by at least a week as...

XCOR Aerospace raises $14 million
Posted: Wed, May 28 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
Suborbital vehicle developer XCOR Aerospace announced Tuesday that it has raised $14.2 million in a new funding round led by Dutch investors that will...

Sea Launch returns to flight with Eutelsat launch
Posted: Tue, May 27 6:33 AM ET (1033 GMT)
Commercial launch company Sea Launch performed on Monday its first mission since a launch failure over a year ago, successfully placing a European communications satellite...

AJ26 engine malfunctions on test stand
Posted: Tue, May 27 6:16 AM ET (1016 GMT)
An AJ26 rocket engine, used to power the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket, suffered a serious malfunction during a test late...

Japan launches Earth observation satellite
Posted: Sat, May 24 12:57 PM ET (1657 GMT)
A Japanese rocket placed into orbit on Saturday an Earth observation satellite equipped with a mapping radar. The H-2A rocket lifted off from the...

Russia launches military spacecraft
Posted: Sat, May 24 12:40 PM ET (1640 GMT)
A Rockot vehicle placed three Russian military satellites into orbit on Friday. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 1:...

Atlas 5 launches NRO payload
Posted: Fri, May 23 10:04 AM ET (1404 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully placed a classified satellite into orbit on Thursday, the second launch in less than a week by United Launch Alliance....