SpaceX declares Falcon 9 launch a success
Posted: Fri, Jun 4 4:36 PM ET (2036 GMT)
Falcon 9, a new launch vehicle developed by entrepreneurial space company SpaceX, successfully lifted off Friday afternoon and placed a test payload into orbit. The...

Mars rocks evidence of past habitable conditions
Posted: Fri, Jun 4 7:48 AM ET (1148 GMT)
Analysis of rocks studies by one of NASA's Mars rovers confirms that the planet was once warmer and wetter, and thus more hospitable to...

Proton launches Arabsat satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 4 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully placed into orbit a new communications satellite for Arabsat on Friday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at...

Falcon 9 set for inaugural launch
Posted: Thu, Jun 3 8:43 PM ET (0043 GMT)
SpaceX officials said Thursday everything is ready for Friday's planned test launch of the first Falcon 9 rocket. In a teleconference Thursday officials said...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Thu, Jun 3 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched the fourth in a series of Chinese navigation satellites late Wednesday. The Long March 3C rocket lifted off at 11:...

Iridium selects Thales for next-generation satellites
Posted: Thu, Jun 3 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Iridium has selected Thales Alenia Space to build its next generation of low Earth orbit communications satellites, the companies announced Wednesday. Thales will build 81...

Rockot launches Japanese satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 1:54 PM ET (1754 GMT)
A Russian rocket placed a Japanese technology demonstration satellite into low Earth orbit early Wednesday. The Rockot vehicle lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in...

Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely in Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 8:04...

Loral, Orbital win satellite orders
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Tuesday that they have won contracts for communications satellites. SS/L will build the Anik...

Delta 4 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Fri, May 28 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
A Delta 4 launched the first of a new generation of GPS satellites late Thursday after several earlier attempts were scrubbed. The Delta 4 Medium+ (...