Russia endorses ISS extension, plans new station
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 7:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Tuesday it plans to continue to participate in the International Space Station to 2024, then take its modules to...

Two Google Lunar X Prize teams to partner
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 7:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
Two teams competing in the Google Lunar X Prize competition announced a partnership Monday, with one team's lander carrying rovers built by another team....

Astronauts compete first in series of spacewalks
Posted: Sun, Feb 22 10:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station successfully completed Saturday the first in a series of three spacewalks to prepare the ISS for the...

ISS spacewalk postponed a day
Posted: Fri, Feb 20 6:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
The first in a series of three spacewalks to prepare the International Space Station for future crew vehicles has slipped a day to Saturday, NASA...

Progress launches, docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 18 7:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launched Tuesday and docked with the International Space Station less than six hours later. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress...

SES orders three satellites
Posted: Tue, Feb 17 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
European satellite operator SES announced Monday that it is ordering three communications satellites from three different companies. SES is ordering the SES-14 satellite from...

ATV leaves ISS for final time
Posted: Mon, Feb 16 7:36 PM ET (0036 GMT)
A European cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station for the final time Saturday and burned up in the atmosphere a day later. The...

Aerojet Rocketdyne replaces president
Posted: Mon, Feb 16 7:27 PM ET (0027 GMT)
Space propulsion company Aerojet Rocketdyne let go its president on Friday, replacing him with the CEO of its parent company. Aerojet Rocketdyne president Warren M....

Arianespace wins contracts for two Korean satellites
Posted: Sat, Feb 14 8:29 PM ET (0129 GMT)
Arianespace announced Friday that it won contracts from a South Korean institute for launches of two weather satellites late this decade. the contract with the...

Virgin Galactic sets up LauncherOne facility in Long Beach
Posted: Sat, Feb 14 8:23 PM ET (0123 GMT)
Virgin Galactic announced this week that it will establish a new center for the design and manufacturing of its LauncherOne rocket in Long Beach, California....