Weather delays Soyuz launch of Galileo satellites
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 1:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
Poor weather postponed Thursday's scheduled launch of two European navigation satellites on a Soyuz rocket for at least 24 hours. A Soyuz ST-B...

China launches Earth observation satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed an Earth observation satellite into orbit for China on Tuesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan...

Russian cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts successfully carried out a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday that included the deployment of a CubeSat. Alexander...

Cygnus departs from ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 16 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft unberthed from the International Space Station Friday morning, ending a nearly month-long stay at the outpost. The station's Canadarm2...

Dust grains returns by NASA mission have interstellar origins
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Scientists reported this week that several dust grains returned by a NASA mission eight years ago likely originated from outside the solar system. In a...

Cohesive forces hold together rapidly spinning small asteroid
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
A near Earth asteroid that is spinning at a rate higher than thought possible is kept from flying apart by cohesive forces, scientists said this...

ViaSat shares fall on earnings miss
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 1:31 PM ET (1731 GMT)
Shares in broadband satellite communications provider ViaSat fell by nearly ten percent Wednesday after its earnings fell short of expectations. While ViaSat reported an increase...

Atlas 5 launches WorldView-3
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 7:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the most powerful commercial remote sensing satellite to date on Wednesday. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Vandenberg...

ULA selects new CEO
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint venture that manufactures Atlas and Delta rockets, announced Tuesday the surprise selection of a new president and CEO. ULA...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
The fifth and final European cargo spacecraft sent to the International Space Station docked with the ISS as planned on Tuesday. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (...