Delta 4 classified launch delayed to next year
Posted: Fri, Dec 12 6:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
The launch of a classified satellite on a Delta 4 Heavy scheduled for later this month has been postponed until at least January. The delta...

Proton launches Canadian satellite
Posted: Thu, Dec 11 2:14 PM ET (1914 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a communications satellite for a new Canadian company on Wednesday. The Proton-M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

Shuttle begins cross-country flight home
Posted: Wed, Dec 10 10:06 PM ET (0306 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour, mounted on top of a 747, began a cross-country flight back to the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. Endeavour and...

Hubble finds carbon dioxide on exoplanet
Posted: Wed, Dec 10 8:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet, a step forward in the search...

Intelsat announces joint venture for African satellite
Posted: Wed, Dec 10 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
Satellite operator Intelsat has joined forces with South African investors to develop a new satellite to serve Africa. Intelsat and Convergence Partners, a South African...

NASA delays MSL two years
Posted: Fri, Dec 5 7:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that it will delay the launch of its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), by two years because of delays...

Lockheed wins GOES contract
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build a new generation of weather satellites in a deal values at over $1 billion. NASA awarded Lockheed Martin...

Mitsubishi wins commercial satellite order
Posted: Thu, Dec 4 6:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Melco) announced its first commercial satellite order for a customer outside Japan on Tuesday. Melco will build the ST-2 satellite for...

XCOR announces ticket sales plans and prices
Posted: Wed, Dec 3 8:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
XCOR Aerospace, a company developing a suborbital piloted spacecraft, announced Tuesday its plans to sell tickets for customers to fly on that vehicle. XCOR is...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Wed, Dec 3 12:14 AM ET (0514 GMT)
A Molniya rocket launched a military satellite into an elliptical orbit early Tuesday. The Molniya-M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...