Delta 4 launches space surveillance satellites
Posted: Tue, Jul 29 6:07 AM ET (1007 GMT)
After four scrubs due to ground equipment and weather issues, a Delta 4 rocket successfully placed three military space surveillance satellites into orbit on Monday....

Control of Russian research satellite restored
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 3:07 PM ET (1907 GMT)
Ground controllers have regained control of a research satellite that stopped responding to commands shortly after launch, Russian officials said Saturday. The Foton-M 4...

Delta 4 launch rescheduled for Monday
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 2:56 PM ET (1856 GMT)
After three successive launch scrubs due to weather, the Air Force hopes to launch three space surveillance satellites on a Delta 4 on Monday. Thunderstorms...

GAO report warns SLS first launch date could slip
Posted: Fri, Jul 25 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
A report issued this week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned that the first launch of NASA's new heavy-lift rocket could slip...

Russian research satellite unresponsive to commands
Posted: Fri, Jul 25 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A Russian research satellite launched late last week is not responding to commands sent from the ground, but continues to return data, Russian officials report....

Progress launches, arrives at ISS
Posted: Thu, Jul 24 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan and arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) six hours later. A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-...

Ground issue delays Delta launch
Posted: Thu, Jul 24 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
An issue with ground equipment postponed the launch of space surveillance satellites for the US Air Force by 24 hours. The Delta 4 Medium+ (4,...

SpaceX releases video of first stage landing
Posted: Wed, Jul 23 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
SpaceX released Tuesday a video show the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket performing a soft "landing" in the ocean after a launch last...

Progress undocks from ISS
Posted: Tue, Jul 22 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, freeing up a docking port for a new cargo spacecraft to be launched...

Soyuz launches research satellite
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 1:49 PM ET (1749 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched the latest in a series of biological and materials research spacecraft early Saturday. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched the...