Blue Origin and ULA partner on new engine
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Blue Origin will develop a new hydrocarbon engine for United Launch Alliance that could serve as a replacement for the Russian-manufactured RD-180, the...

Texas airport receives spaceport license
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
The Midland International Airport in Texas received a spaceport license from the FAA on Wednesday, a major milestone in its efforts to host launches of...

Atlas 5 launches classified satellite
Posted: Wed, Sep 17 9:41 PM ET (0141 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket placed a classified satellite into orbit late Tuesday. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:10...

NASA selects Boeing and SpaceX for commercial crew contracts
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 10:32 PM ET (0232 GMT)
NASA awarded contracts valued at $6.8 billion Tuesday to Boeing and SpaceX to develop vehicles that will transport NASA astronauts to and from the...

NASA report criticizes management of NEO program office
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 10:16 PM ET (0216 GMT)
A NASA office charged with oversight of the agency's efforts to search for near Earth objects (NEOs) lacks the staff and structure to effectively...

ESA picks comet landing site
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Monday that it has selected a location on the surface of a comet where it will attempt to land a...

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...