Mars Science Lab prepares for course correction
Posted: Sun, Jan 8 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft is scheduled to perform a course correction this week that will put the probe on track for a...

Phobos-Grunt reentry predicted for mid-January
Posted: Wed, Jan 4 1:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Russian officials said Wednesday they now expect the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, launched two months ago on a mission to Mars, to reenter on or around...

Second GRAIL spacecraft arrives in lunar orbit
Posted: Sun, Jan 1 8:55 PM ET (0155 GMT)
Just over a day after the first of two NASA spacecraft went into orbit around the Moon, its twin successfully entered lunar orbit. The Gravity...

First GRAIL spacecraft enters orbit
Posted: Sat, Dec 31 10:21 PM ET (0321 GMT)
The first of NASA's twin lunar spacecraft entered orbit around the Moon on Saturday. The Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) A spacecraft fired...

China issues space policy white paper
Posted: Fri, Dec 30 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The Chinese government published on Thursday a white paper describing that country's five-year plan for spaceflight, including development of new launch vehicles and...

GRAIL spacecraft ready to enter lunar orbit
Posted: Fri, Dec 30 6:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
Two NASA spacecraft launched in December are ready to enter lunar orbit this weekend, project officials confirmed this week. The twin Gravity Recovery And Interior...

Soyuz launches six Globalstar satellites
Posted: Thu, Dec 29 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
Less than a week after one Soyuz rocket failed, another successfully placed six Globalstar satellites into orbit on Wednesday. The Soyuz 2-1a rocket lifted...

China activates satellite navigation system
Posted: Wed, Dec 28 6:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
China turned on this week the first phase of its own satellite navigation system that will eventually compete with GPS and other such systems. The...

Proton launch delayed to January
Posted: Mon, Dec 26 10:39 PM ET (0339 GMT)
The launch of a European communications satellite scheduled for this week has been delayed until mid-January because of a problem discovered Monday with its...

Russian satellite fails to reach orbit
Posted: Fri, Dec 23 12:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
A Russian communications satellite failed to reach orbit Friday after the failure of the upper stage of its Soyuz rocket, the latest in a string...