Ruptured gas duct blamed for Proton failure
Posted: Tue, Apr 22 6:29 AM ET (1029 GMT)
A Russian commission has concluded that a ruptured gas duct caused the premature shutdown of the upper stage of a Proton rocket launched last month,...

Soyuz returns to Earth, lands off-target
Posted: Sat, Apr 19 8:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two International Space Station crew members and the first South Korean astronaut landed safely in Kazakhstan early Saturday, but came down...

Ariane launches satellites for Brazil and Vietnam
Posted: Sat, Apr 19 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched communications satellites Friday evening for a Brazilian company and the Vietnamese government. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from...

Orbital announces 1st quarter profit, to sell unit
Posted: Fri, Apr 18 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced increased revenues and profits in its fiscal first quarter on Thursday, and also said it would sell a non-core business...

Pegasus launches C/NOFS
Posted: Thu, Apr 17 5:41 AM ET (0941 GMT)
A Pegasus rocket successfully launched a long-delayed US military satellite designed to predict outages in satellite communications and navigation systems. The Pegasus was deployed...

Cassini mission extended
Posted: Wed, Apr 16 7:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it has extended the Cassini mission to Saturn by two years, allowing dozens of additional flybys of several of the planet'...

Atlas 5 launches commercial satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 16 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a commercial communications satellite Monday afternoon. The Atlas 5 421 rocket lifted off at 4:12 pm EDT (2012...

First rocket racing flights announced
Posted: Wed, Apr 16 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
A startup that plans to hold a series of competitions of rocket-powered aircraft announced their first series of exhibition flights this week. The Rocket...

AMC-14 declared a total loss
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 8:48 PM ET (0048 GMT)
SES Americom announced Friday that it has given up efforts to salvage a satellite stranded in a useless transfer orbit last month. The AMC-14...

Canada blocks MDA sale
Posted: Thu, Apr 10 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
The Canadian government has rejected, for the time being, the planned sale of the space division of a Canadian company to an American firm. Industry...