Ariane 5 launch aborted in final seconds
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 10:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)
The inaugural launch of an upgraded version of the Ariane 5 launch vehicle was aborted just seconds before liftoff Thursday. The Ariane 5 ESC-A...

Astronauts complete second STS-113 spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
Two astronauts successfully completed the second of three spacewalks scheduled for the STS-113 shuttle mission on Thursday. John Herrington and Michael Lopez-Alegria spent...

Astra 1K orbit raised
Posted: Thu, Nov 28 1:21 PM ET (1821 GMT)
Spacecraft controllers have raised the orbit of Astra 1K, the communications satellite stranded in LEO after a Proton upper stage failure Tuesday, in an effort...

Kosmos launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Nov 28 12:41 PM ET (1741 GMT)
A Kosmos booster launched two small satellites into low Earth orbit early Thursday. The Kosmos-3M lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

TransOrbital signs launch contract for commercial lunar mission
Posted: Thu, Nov 28 12:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
TransOrbital, a California company developing the first commercial lunar mission, announced this week that it has signed a launch contract with Russian company Kosmotras. The...

Northrop to complete TRW merger next month
Posted: Wed, Nov 27 7:48 PM ET (0048 GMT)
Northrop Grumman announced Wednesday that the company plans to complete its merger with fellow aerospace and defense company TRW next month after winning provisional approval...

Report: NASA making station evacuation plans
Posted: Wed, Nov 27 2:01 PM ET (1901 GMT)
NASA is preparing plans to operate the International Space Station should Russian funding shortfalls force the evacuation of its long-duration crew, MSNBC reported Tuesday....

Astronauts install station truss segment
Posted: Wed, Nov 27 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
Space shuttle Endeavour astronauts successfully installed a new truss segment for the International Space Station on Tuesday. Astronauts used the robot arms on the shuttle...

Proton failure strands satellite in LEO
Posted: Tue, Nov 26 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
A failure of the upper stage of a Proton launched Monday evening has stranded a European communications satellite in a low parking orbit that is...

Galileo tape recorder still offline
Posted: Tue, Nov 26 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
The Galileo spacecraft has returned to normal operations but its data recorder is still malfunctioning, project officials announced Monday. Galileo went into safe mode 16...