Ariane launches two communications satellites
Posted: Fri, Sep 12 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket placed two communications satellites into orbit Thursday evening. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 6:05...

Curiosity reaches base of Mount Sharp
Posted: Fri, Sep 12 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that the Mars rover Curiosity has arrived at the base of a Martian mountain that it will soon start to climb. The...

Soyuz returns ISS crew members to Earth
Posted: Thu, Sep 11 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut landed safely in Kazakhstan early Thursday, ending a nearly six-month mission on the...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Tue, Sep 9 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched on Monday a remote sensing satellite likely to be used by the Chinese military. The Long March 4B rocket lifted...

SSL, ViaSat reach settlement on dispute
Posted: Mon, Sep 8 6:03 AM ET (1003 GMT)
Space Systems Loral and ViaSat announced this weekend an out-of-court settlement to an ongoing legal dispute regarding breach of contract and patent infringement...

Falcon 9 launches AsiaSat 6
Posted: Sun, Sep 7 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
For the second time in as many months, a Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for an Asian company early Sunday. The Falcon...

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...