Ariane launches two communications satellites
Posted: Sun, Dec 7 11:26 AM ET (1626 GMT)
After two days of weather-related delays, an Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites on Saturday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 3:...

Orion completes successful test flight
Posted: Fri, Dec 5 4:52 PM ET (2152 GMT)
NASA's Orion spacecraft flew a nearly flawless four-and-a-half-hour test flight Friday, making two orbits of the Earth before splashing down...

Weather delays Ariane launch
Posted: Fri, Dec 5 5:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
Poor weather delayed Thursday's launch of two communications satellites on an Ariane 5 by at least a day. Arianespace said that unfavorable weather conditions...

Orion launch scrubbed
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2:58 PM ET (1958 GMT)
Gusty winds and a valve problem conspired to delay the launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft on its first test flight Thursday. The Delta 4...

Japan launches Hayabusa asteroid mission
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 5:29 AM ET (1029 GMT)
An H-2A rocket successfully launched on Wednesday a Japanese mission to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid. The H-2A rocket lifted off...

ESA approves Ariane 6, ISS funding
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 5:18 AM ET (1018 GMT)
European space ministers meeting this week approved plans to develop a new version of the Ariane rocket and also extend funding for the International Space...

Russia launches navigation satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 1 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a GLONASS navigation satellite early Monday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Weather delays Hayabusa-2 launch again
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 11:46 AM ET (1646 GMT)
Citing forecasts of high winds, the Japanese space agency JAXA has again delayed the launch of its latest asteroid mission, this time by two days....

"Invisible shield" blocks high-speed electrons above Earth
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 11:37 AM ET (1637 GMT)
Scientists said they have discovered a sharp feature in the Earth's magnetosphere that is blocking relativistic electrons from reaching the atmosphere. In a paper...

Weather delays launch of Japanese asteroid mission
Posted: Fri, Nov 28 11:22 AM ET (1622 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA said Friday it was delaying the launch of its latest asteroid mission by a day due to a forecast of...