Atlantis lands in California
Posted: Fri, Jun 22 8:30 PM ET (0030 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely Friday afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base in California after weather prevented attempts to land in Florida. Atlantis landed...

Arianespace announced three launch contracts
Posted: Fri, Jun 22 8:20 PM ET (0020 GMT)
Arianespace announced Thursday and Friday contracts for the launches of three communications satellites for customers in Africa, Europe, and India. On Thursday Arianespace announced that...

Weather delays shuttle landing
Posted: Thu, Jun 21 9:23 PM ET (0123 GMT)
Poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center forced NASA Thursday to delay the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis for 24 hours, and consider a...

Investment firm acquires Intelsat
Posted: Wed, Jun 20 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
UK private equity firm BC Partners will acquire a majority stake in satellite operator Intelsat in a deal that values the company at just over $...

Atlantis undocks from ISS
Posted: Tue, Jun 19 8:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday morning as its mission winds down. Atlantis undocked from the ISS at 10:42...

SES signs long-term launch contracts
Posted: Tue, Jun 19 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
In an effort to secure slots in increasingly crowded launch manifests, European satellite operator SES Global signed launch agreements for 10 future satellites Monday with...

Arabsat signs deal for two new satellites
Posted: Tue, Jun 19 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
Middle Eastern satellite operator Arabsat will purchase two satellites from a pair of European companies and launch them on European and Russian rockets, the companies...

Final STS-117 spacewalk a success
Posted: Mon, Jun 18 8:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
Two shuttle astronauts completed the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-117 mission on Sunday, putting the final touches on the installation of a...

Eris heavier than Pluto
Posted: Mon, Jun 18 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
Planetary scientists have found that the dwarf planet Eris, located in the distant Kuiper Belt, is more massive than Pluto, the former planet that was...

New evidence for past Martian ocean
Posted: Sun, Jun 17 10:20 AM ET (1420 GMT)
A broad flat plain in the northern regions of Mars likely was once home to an ocean of liquid water, scientists reported this week. The...