Orbital selects Atlas 5 for Cygnus cargo launch
Posted: Thu, Dec 11 9:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corp. said this week it will use a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International...

Curiosity data shows Gale Crater once a lake
Posted: Wed, Dec 10 9:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
Data collected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has led scientists to conclude that the crater the rover is exploring was once a lake whose...

New Horizons awakens for final stretch to Pluto
Posted: Tue, Dec 9 8:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft awakened from an electronic hibernation late Saturday for the final time prior to its July encounter to Pluto. Spacecraft controllers...

China launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 9 8:39 AM ET (1339 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese-Brazilian remote sensing satellite on Sunday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch...

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...