Review approves extensions of planetary missions, but criticizes MSL
Posted: Sat, Sep 6 3:14 PM ET (1914 GMT)
A review of ongoing planetary science missions released this week recommended that all missions it considered be continued, but criticized NASA's flagship Mars rover...

China launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 9:40 PM ET (0140 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed two small communications satellites into orbit on Thursday. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...

Russia seeks to accelerate work on new spaceport
Posted: Thu, Sep 4 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Russian president Vladimir Putin said this week he wants to speed up work on a new spaceport under construction in the country's Far East...

Foton returns to Earth, but geckos perish
Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2:02 PM ET (1802 GMT)
A Russian research spacecraft returned to Earth on Monday, but its most celebrated payload did not survive the trip. The Foton-M4 spacecraft, launched in...

NASA to reformat Mars rover Opportunity's memory
Posted: Wed, Sep 3 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
NASA is making plans to reformat the flash memory on the rover Opportunity in response to an increasing number of computer resets the aging rover...

First SLS launch could slip to 2018
Posted: Thu, Aug 28 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that its Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket has passed a key review, but also said the rocket may not be ready...

SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch to review systems
Posted: Wed, Aug 27 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
SpaceX has delayed the next launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, which was scheduled for early Wednesday, by one to two weeks to review potential...

Commission established to review Soyuz launch anomaly
Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2:02 PM ET (1802 GMT)
Arianespace announced Monday that it has established an independent commission to review the anomaly with Friday's Soyuz launch that placed two Galileo navigation satellites...

Next Falcon 9 launch slips one day
Posted: Mon, Aug 25 5:37 PM ET (2137 GMT)
SpaceX has delayed its next Falcon 9 launch one day, to just after midnight Wednesday, to allow more time to ensure there are no links...

Sea Launch to lay off staff during "manifest gap"
Posted: Mon, Aug 25 5:26 PM ET (2126 GMT)
Commercial launch provider Sea Launch will lay off some of its employees and take its vessels out of service temporarily as it deals with a...