Astronomers discover giant, rocky "mega-Earth"
Posted: Tue, Jun 3 6:32 AM ET (1032 GMT)
Astronomers said Monday that they have discovered an unexpected class of extrasolar planet about the mass of Neptune but rocky like the Earth. The planet,...

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:...