Report: Bigelow to offer orbital space prize
Posted: Mon, Sep 27 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
Robert Bigelow, owner of a company developing commercial space modules, is expected to announce as early as this week the creation of a $50-million...

Lockheed wins MUOS contract
Posted: Sun, Sep 26 11:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
The US Navy selected a Lockheed Martin-led team Friday to build a new generation of communications satellite to serve tactical users. The contract for...

Genesis investigation continues
Posted: Sun, Sep 26 11:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The Genesis capsule that crashed into the Utah desert earlier this month will soon be shipped to a Colorado factory for further investigation as scientists...

Russia performs second military launch in as many days
Posted: Sat, Sep 25 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian military satellite Friday evening, the second military launch in as many days. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from...

NASA raises concerns about ISS oxygen
Posted: Sat, Sep 25 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
NASA space station managers said Friday they are keeping an eye on oxygen supplies on the International Space Station, but stressed that the station was...

da Vinci delays X Prize launch
Posted: Fri, Sep 24 2:36 PM ET (1836 GMT)
The da Vinci Project, a Canadian entrant in the Ansari X Prize competition, has delayed a planned October 2 launch of its Wild Fire spacecraft,...

KSC prepares for another hurricane
Posted: Fri, Sep 24 2:25 PM ET (1825 GMT)
NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) closed Friday for all but essential personnel as Hurricane Jeanne threatened to strike the spaceport this weekend. KSC went...

Russia launches two military satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 23 8:26 PM ET (0026 GMT)
A Kosmos-3M booster successfully launched a pair of small Russian military satellites Thursday evening. The Kosmos booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in...

Sea Launch to launch Galaxy 16
Posted: Thu, Sep 23 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
The multinational Sea Launch venture has won a contract to launch PanAmSat's Galaxy 16 spacecraft, Boeing announced Wednesday. A Sea Launch Zenit 3SL will...

Soyuz ISS launch rescheduled for October 11
Posted: Wed, Sep 22 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
Russian space agency officials said Wednesday that the launch of a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for October 11, two...