Russia launches Dnepr rocket
Posted: Fri, Dec 20 8:16 PM ET (0116 GMT)
A Russian Dnepr rocket successfully launched six satellites on Friday, including a prototype of a planned commercial lunar mission. The Dnepr-1 booster, a refurbished...

ESA releases first images from Integral
Posted: Thu, Dec 19 9:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
The first data from Integral, a European gamma-ray observatory launched in October, were released to the public Wednesday. Integral initially observed Cygnus X-1,...

New images glimpse Titan's atmosphere and surface
Posted: Thu, Dec 19 8:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
A new set of images released Wednesday offer the best view yet of the atmosphere and surface of Saturn's moon Titan. The images were...

Titan 2 launch delayed until January
Posted: Wed, Dec 18 1:54 PM ET (1854 GMT)
The launch of a military research spacecraft on a Titan 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been delayed until early next month...

Galileo tape recorder working again
Posted: Wed, Dec 18 9:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A tape recorder on NASA's Galileo spacecraft is working again, allowing scientists to retrieve data collected during the spacecraft's last flyby, project officials...

No cracks found in shuttle Atlantis
Posted: Wed, Dec 18 8:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
An inspection of liquid oxygen lines in the space shuttle Atlantis found no evidence of cracks like the ones found earlier this month in Discovery....

Ariane 4 launches communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 17 9:33 PM ET (0233 GMT)
Less than a week after the failed launch of an Ariane 5, an Ariane 4 booster successfully launched a European communications satellite. The Ariane 44L,...

Titan, Delta launches delayed
Posted: Tue, Dec 17 8:07 PM ET (0107 GMT)
For the third consecutive day weather delayed the launch of a Titan 2 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California while a technical problem...

Arianespace appoints board to investigate launch failure
Posted: Mon, Dec 16 7:52 PM ET (0052 GMT)
Arianespace announced Monday that it has appointed a five-person board of inquiry to look into last week's Ariane 5 launch failure, with a...

Weather delays Titan 2 launch
Posted: Mon, Dec 16 8:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
The launch of a military research spacecraft on a Titan 2 booster has been delayed by poor weather and a technical problem. The Titan 2...