Shenzhou 4 launch may be imminent
Posted: Mon, Dec 23 10:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)
The fourth and perhaps final unmanned test flight of China's Shenzhou spacecraft may take place by New Year's Day, SpaceDaily reported Monday. The...

Report: SLI-developed RLV could have cost $35 billion
Posted: Mon, Dec 23 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
The full cost to develop a second-generation reusable launch vehicle (RLV) under NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI) could have cost $35 billion, Florida...

Last effort to contact CONTOUR fails
Posted: Sat, Dec 21 11:52 AM ET (1652 GMT)
Project officials have written off CONTOUR, a NASA comet mission, after a last-ditch effort to contact the spacecraft failed this week. Communications with the...

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,...