Russia to close spaceport
Posted: Tue, Jan 23 6:48 AM ET (1148 GMT)
Russian military officials said Monday that they plan to close a little-used spaceport after one final launch later this year. The Svobodny Cosmodrome, located...

Indian spacecraft returns to Earth
Posted: Mon, Jan 22 8:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)
An Indian spacecraft launched earlier this month successfully returned to Earth early Monday, marking a major milestone for the Indian space program. The Space Recovery...

SS/Loral wins Intelsat contract
Posted: Mon, Jan 22 8:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced Friday that it has won a contract to build a new communications satellite for Intelsat. SS/L will build...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sat, Jan 20 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked successfully with the International Space Station late Friday. The Progress M-59 spacecraft (called Progress 24 by NASA) docked with...

US, other countries condemn China ASAT test
Posted: Fri, Jan 19 7:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
The United States and several other countries formally protested Thursday a Chinese test of an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon last week, while the Chinese government...

New Horizons ready for Jupiter flyby
Posted: Fri, Jan 19 7:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, launched last year on a mission to the distant dwarf planet Pluto, is set to fly past Jupiter next month,...

Study criticizes NASA earth science satellite plans
Posted: Fri, Jan 19 6:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A study released this week by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that the US government, particularly NASA, needs to invest in a new generation...

Report: China tests ASAT
Posted: Thu, Jan 18 8:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
China tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon earlier this month, destroying an aging Chinese weather satellite, Aviation Week reported online Wednesday night. According to the...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Jan 18 8:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station early Thursday. The Soyuz rocket launched the Progress M-59 spacecraft (called...

Japan planning cancellation of lunar mission
Posted: Wed, Jan 17 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
The Japanese space agency JAXA is recommending that one of its two planned unmanned lunar missions, Lunar-A, be cancelled because of extended delays in...