Spaceport America receives FAA license
Posted: Tue, Dec 16 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
Spaceport America, a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico that will be the home of Virgin Galactic, received its operators license from the FAA on...

China launches another remote sensing satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 15 10:21 PM ET (0321 GMT)
For the second time in two weeks, China launched a remote sensing satellite with possible civil and military applications. A Long March 4B rocket lifted...

Shuttle finally returns to KSC
Posted: Sat, Dec 13 5:16 AM ET (1016 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour returned to the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, nearly two weeks after landing in California. The orbiter, rising atop its 747...

NASA denies tension with transition team
Posted: Fri, Dec 12 6:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
NASA administrator Mike Griffin denied reports Thursday that the agency was not being cooperative with a group of officials from President-elect Barack Obama's...

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...