Next Falcon 9 launch slips one day
Posted: Mon, Aug 25 5:37 PM ET (2137 GMT)
SpaceX has delayed its next Falcon 9 launch one day, to just after midnight Wednesday, to allow more time to ensure there are no links...

Sea Launch to lay off staff during "manifest gap"
Posted: Mon, Aug 25 5:26 PM ET (2126 GMT)
Commercial launch provider Sea Launch will lay off some of its employees and take its vessels out of service temporarily as it deals with a...

Soyuz launches Galileo satellites, places them in wrong orbit
Posted: Sat, Aug 23 10:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket lifted off Friday carrying two European navigation satellites, but a problem with the rocket's upper stage placed them into the wrong...

Falcon 9 test vehicle destroyed in flight
Posted: Sat, Aug 23 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
A SpaceX experimental vehicle used to demonstrate technologies planned for future reusable version of the Falcon 9 rocket was destroyed during a flight at the...

ULA takes delivery of RD-180 engines
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 1:26 PM ET (1726 GMT)
In the latest sign of "business as usual" operations despite ongoing geopolitical issues, United Launch Alliance (ULA) confirmed Wednesday that it took delivery of two...

Weather delays Soyuz launch of Galileo satellites
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 1:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
Poor weather postponed Thursday's scheduled launch of two European navigation satellites on a Soyuz rocket for at least 24 hours. A Soyuz ST-B...

China launches Earth observation satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed an Earth observation satellite into orbit for China on Tuesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan...

Russian cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts successfully carried out a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday that included the deployment of a CubeSat. Alexander...

Cygnus departs from ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 16 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft unberthed from the International Space Station Friday morning, ending a nearly month-long stay at the outpost. The station's Canadarm2...

Dust grains returns by NASA mission have interstellar origins
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Scientists reported this week that several dust grains returned by a NASA mission eight years ago likely originated from outside the solar system. In a...