Global space economy exceeds $250 billion
Posted: Wed, Apr 9 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
A report released Tuesday concluded that the worldwide space budgets and revenues totaled $251 billion in 2007, an 11-percent increase over 2006. "The Space...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Tue, Apr 8 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut lifted off Tuesday on a mission to the International Space Station. A...

Progress undocks from ISS, reenters
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 1:45 PM ET (1745 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, on the eve of the launch of a Soyuz carrying a new crew....

Astrium to acquire SSTL
Posted: Mon, Apr 7 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Europe's largest satellite manufacturer has announced an agreement to purchase a majority stake in the continent's leading developer of smallsats. EADS Astrium will...

Ares 1 vibration worries eased
Posted: Fri, Apr 4 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Concerns that the new Ares 1 rocket could suffer from severe vibrations have eased after new analyses have found the problem is not as severe...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 3 9:53 PM ET (0153 GMT)
The European-built Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday morning, making it the first spacecraft other than...

Shuttle retirement to cut thousands of jobs
Posted: Wed, Apr 2 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
The impending retirement of the space shuttle will result in the loss of up to 9,000 jobs at NASA centers, according to a preliminary...

ATV ready for first ISS docking
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 11:03 PM ET (0303 GMT)
After completing a series of demonstration maneuvers in the vicinity of the ISS, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is set to dock with the...

Next shuttle mission rescheduled
Posted: Tue, Apr 1 8:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
The launch of the next space shuttle mission, STS-124, has been delayed nearly a week to accommodate delays in the processing of the shuttle'...

ATV makes first close approach to ISS
Posted: Sun, Mar 30 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
The European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft Jules Verne successfully completed its first close approach test to the International Space Station on Saturday, the next...