Russia launches small remote sensing satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 28 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
A Rockot launcher successfully placed a small remote sensing satellite into orbit late Friday. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Dnepr launches Japanese satellites
Posted: Wed, Aug 24 12:48 PM ET (1648 GMT)
A converted Russian ICBM successfully launched two Japanese satellites late Tuesday. The Dnepr lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:10 pm...

Intelsat considers buying New Skies
Posted: Sat, Aug 20 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
Satellite operator Intelsat is considering acquiring smaller rival New Skies, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Journal, citing industry sources, said Intelsat was considering...

ISS crew conducts spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Aug 19 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
The two-man crew of the International Space Station performed a spacewalk outside the orbiting outpost Thursday night. Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips spent nearly...

Next shuttle launch delayed to March
Posted: Fri, Aug 19 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
In a widely-anticipated move, NASA announced Thursday that it would delay the next shuttle mission until March 2006 to give the agency more time...

Panel members criticize NASA return to flight work
Posted: Thu, Aug 18 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
Several members of a task force charged with evaluating NASA's effort to return the space shuttle flight believe the agency has yet to solve...

GOES launch delayed until October
Posted: Wed, Aug 17 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The launch of a weather satellite was postponed Tuesday, likely keeping the satellite on the ground until October. The GOES-N weather satellite was scheduled...

Milky Way has central bar
Posted: Wed, Aug 17 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
The Milky Way galaxy, long thought to be an ordinary spiral galaxy, instead has a bar through its core, astronomers announced this week. University of...

GOES launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Aug 16 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
A weather satellite scheduled for launch Monday was delayed 24 hours because of a faulty pressure reading on its Delta 4 booster. The Delta 4...

Triple asteroid discovered
Posted: Mon, Aug 15 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Astronomers announced last week that they have discovered the solar system's first "triple" asteroid, a large asteroid with two smaller moons. Observations of the...