Shenzhou 4 "operating normally"
Posted: Wed, Jan 1 1:48 PM ET (1848 GMT)
Three days after the launch of Shenzhou 4, Chinese officials said Wednesday that the spacecraft is working well. An article published Wednesday by People's...

Excess propellant cause of Proton launch failure
Posted: Tue, Dec 31 7:17 PM ET (0017 GMT)
An excess of propellant in an engine is the likely cause of the failure of a Proton launch last month, International Launch Services (ILS) announced...

Ariane 5 investigation delays Rosetta launch
Posted: Mon, Dec 30 3:00 PM ET (2000 GMT)
Arianespace announced Monday that it has delayed the launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission for at least a few days while an investigation into...

Proton M launches Nimiq 2
Updated: Mon, Dec 30 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, Dec 29 7:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
A Proton M booster, making its first commercial flight, launched a Canadian communications satellite Sunday evening. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

China launches Shenzhou 4
Posted: Sun, Dec 29 2:09 PM ET (1909 GMT)
A Long March booster has launched Shenzhou 4, a prototype of China's manned spacecraft, Chinese media reported Sunday. The Long March 2F booster carrying...

O'Keefe: ISS will remain occupied
Posted: Sat, Dec 28 7:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said in an interview Friday that there are no plans to temporarily remove crews from the International Space Station (ISS)...

Astronomers observe "dark" gamma-ray burst
Posted: Sat, Dec 28 7:31 PM ET (0031 GMT)
Thanks to a fast-acting network of spacecraft and telescopes, astronomers were able to observe for the first time a class of "dark" gamma-ray...

European nations fail to reach agreement on Galileo
Posted: Thu, Dec 26 6:19 PM ET (2319 GMT)
Disagreements by Germany and Spain have prevented the European Space Agency (ESA) from reaching a final agreement regarding its participation in the Galileo satellite navigation...

Proton launches three navigation satellites
Posted: Wed, Dec 25 9:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
A Russian Proton booster successfully launched three navigation satellites early Wednesday. The Proton-K booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 24 2:57 PM ET (1957 GMT)
A Russian Molniya booster successfully launched a military spacecraft on Tuesday, the Russian media reported. The Molniya-M booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome...