German satellite to reenter later this month
Posted: Thu, Oct 13 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
A German astronomy satellite that has been in orbit for over 20 years will reenter later this month, posing an impact hazard slightly greater than...

India launches Earth science satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 12 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
An Indian rocket successfully launched a joint Indo-French Earth sciences satellite on Wednesday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from India's...

Dawn images reveal giant mountain on Vesta
Posted: Tue, Oct 11 6:51 AM ET (1051 GMT)
New images released by NASA's Dawn mission feature a mountain three times the height of the tallest mountain on Earth. The latest images from...

China launches European communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 8:32 PM ET (0032 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a European communications satellite on Friday, marking the first Chinese launch for a Western company in over a decade. The...

Satellite failure disrupts Canadian communications
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
A communications satellite went into safe mode early Thursday, interrupting phone and data services over portions of North America. Telesat reported its Anik F2 communications...

Zenit launches communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 6 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A land-based Zenit rocket launched a commercial communications satellite early Thursday. The Zenit-3SLB rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Astronomers win Physics Nobel for expanding universe discovery
Posted: Wed, Oct 5 7:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
Three astronomers will share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The Royal Swedish Academy...

Soyuz returns to flight with Glonass launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 7:03 AM ET (1103 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian navigation satellite Monday on the first launch for that rocket since a failure in August. The Soyuz 2-1b...

Satellite observations lower population of near Earth objects
Posted: Sun, Oct 2 5:49 PM ET (2149 GMT)
Observations by a NASA spacecraft have led scientists to conclude that there are fewer near Earth objects (NEOs) than previously thought, lessening the risk of...

Proton launches communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Sep 30 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a communications satellite for global operator SES on Friday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at...