Ariane 5 launches Anik F2
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
After near a week of delays, an Ariane 5 launched a Canadian communications satellite Saturday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off from the Kourou Space...

Spirit finds Martian bedrock
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, moving backwards to deal with a faulty wheel, has encountered a bedrock outcrop that may contain some of the...

Ariane launch delayed again
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
For the third time in less than a week the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket was scrubbed, this time because of fueling problems. The...

NASA selects New Frontiers mission candidates
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
NASA announced Friday the selection of missions to the Moon and Jupiter as finalists to be the agency's next mission in its New Frontiers...

Weather delays Ariane launch
Posted: Fri, Jul 16 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
Poor weather postponed Thursday night's scheduled launch of an Ariane 5 carrying a Canadian communications satellite. The Ariane 5G was scheduled to lift off...

Japan agrees to end TRMM mission
Posted: Thu, Jul 15 2:32 PM ET (1832 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA has agreed with a NASA proposal to shut down an earth sciences spacecraft that has been operating since 1997. JAXA,...

Delta launches Aura
Posted: Thu, Jul 15 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched NASA's Aura earth sciences spacecraft after several days of delays. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off on schedule...

Committee recommends reexamining shuttle Hubble mission
Posted: Wed, Jul 14 11:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
A National Academies of Science committee has concluded that NASA should not rule out sending a space shuttle to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, a...

Rocket problem delays Aura launch
Posted: Wed, Jul 14 10:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
For the second consecutive day, the launch of NASA's Aura earth sciences satellite was scrubbed shortly before the scheduled liftoff time, this time because...

ILS to launch DirecTV satellite
Posted: Wed, Jul 14 12:35 AM ET (0435 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Tuesday that it has won a contract to launch a DirecTV satellite on a Proton. ILS reported that the DirecTV Group...