Head of German space agency to take over ESA
Posted: Wed, Dec 24 11:35 AM ET (1635 GMT)
The European Space Agency Council has selected the head of the German space agency DLR to become the next director general of the agency. The...

Venus Express ends mission
Posted: Wed, Dec 24 11:24 AM ET (1624 GMT)
The European Space Agency has declared its Venus Express mission at an end when the orbiting spacecraft ran out of propellant, the agency recently announced....

Russia launches foreign military satellite
Posted: Sat, Dec 20 1:15 PM ET (1815 GMT)
A Russian Strela rocket placed a reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Friday that Russian officials said was for a foreign customer, widely believed to be...

Soyuz launches four O3b satellites
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed four satellites for a communications network into orbit on Thursday. The Soyuz ST-B rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space...

SpaceX postpones ISS cargo mission to January
Posted: Fri, Dec 19 8:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)
SpaceX announced Thursday that it is delaying a launch of a cargo spacecraft to early January to address a technical issue with its Falcon 9...

India launches GSLV Mark 3 on successful test flight
Posted: Thu, Dec 18 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
An upgraded version of India's most powerful launch vehicle successfully carried out a suborbital test flight on Thursday. The GSLV Mark 3 rocket, also...

NASA postpones decision on asteroid mission design
Posted: Thu, Dec 18 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
NASA has pushed back a decision on what option it will choose for its planned Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), asking teams at the agency to...

Curiosity detects methane "spikes" in Martian atmosphere
Posted: Wed, Dec 17 8:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected short-lived increases in methane concentrations in the Martian atmosphere, although scientists cautioned this does not mean the...

Proton launches Russian communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 16 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a Russian communications satellite on Monday, clearing the stage for the resumption of Western commercial satellite launches. The Proton M...

NASA receives $18 billion in 2015 spending bill
Posted: Tue, Dec 16 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
An omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2015 passed by Congress will provide NASA with $18 billion, more than $500 million above the agency's...