China launches communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Jul 6 5:34 AM ET (0934 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a French-built domestic communications satellite into orbit late Thursday. The Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite...

Dawn launch postponed
Posted: Thu, Jul 5 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
NASA has delayed the launch of the Dawn asteroid mission by 24 hours after weather interfered with pre-launch preparations. The launch, which had been...

Orbital Express mission to end
Posted: Thu, Jul 5 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
The US government agency responsible for a mission to test on-orbit satellite servicing plans to decommission the spacecraft starting today. DARPA officials confirmed this...

NASA gives two spacecraft new missions
Posted: Wed, Jul 4 6:26 PM ET (2226 GMT)
NASA announced late Tuesday that it has given new missions to a pair of spacecraft already in space that have completed their original missions. The...

Shuttle returns to KSC
Posted: Wed, Jul 4 6:18 PM ET (2218 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis finally returned to the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, more than a week after the orbiter landed in California. A 747...

Kosmos launches German radar satellite
Posted: Tue, Jul 3 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
A Kosmos rocket placed a German radar imaging satellite into low Earth orbit late Monday night. The Kosmos-3M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk...

Thales Alenia to build Indonesian satellite
Posted: Mon, Jul 2 8:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
Thales Alenia Space announced Friday that it has won a contract to build and launch a new communications satellite for Indonesia. The Palapa-D spacecraft...

German satellite launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Jul 2 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
The launch of a German radar imaging satellite was delayed 24 hours Sunday because of poor weather. The Kosmos-3M rocket was scheduled to lift...

Zenit launches Russian military satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 30 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
A modernized version of the Zenit launch vehicle placed a Russian military satellite into orbit on Friday, the first launch of a Zenit-family booster...

Mars rover ready for descent into crater
Posted: Fri, Jun 29 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
Mars Exploration Rover project scientists said Thursday they're ready to send the rover Opportunity into a deep crater from which it may not be...