Inaugural Vega launch a success
Posted: Mon, Feb 13 9:50 PM ET (0250 GMT)
The first launch of Europe's new small launch vehicle was a success Monday, placing nine small satellites into orbit. The Vega rocket lifted off...

SpaceX COTS launch delayed to late April
Posted: Sat, Feb 11 5:17 PM ET (2217 GMT)
SpaceX has delayed its next demonstration flight of its cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft until late April to deal with software issues, the company announced this...

Report: administration to cut planetary science funding
Posted: Fri, Feb 10 7:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
The Obama Administration's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal will include a 20-percent cut in NASA's planetary science program, likely killing planned cooperation...

SpaceX to launch two AsiaSat satellites
Posted: Thu, Feb 9 7:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
SpaceX will launch two AsiaSat communications satellite in 2014 under a deal announced on Wednesday. SpaceX will launch the AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 communications...

Loral wins deal for Australian satellites
Posted: Thu, Feb 9 6:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral has won a contract to build two satellites that will provide broadband communications for Australia. The two satellites for Australia's National...

NASA issues new call for commercial crew proposals
Posted: Wed, Feb 8 7:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA released Tuesday a call for a new round of funding to support the development of commercial crew transportation systems. Under the Commercial Crew Integrated...

Astronaut Janice Voss passes away
Posted: Wed, Feb 8 7:07 AM ET (1207 GMT)
A five-time shuttle flyer did of cancer this week, NASA announced Tuesday. Janice Voss died Monday at the age of 55 in Scottsdale, Arizona,...

Report: US-European cooperation in Mars exploration may end
Posted: Tue, Feb 7 7:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
Plans for the US and Europe to jointly carry out Mars missions is in danger of collapse because of a lack of NASA funding, the...

Iran launches small imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 4 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
Iranian officials announced Friday that they launched a small imaging satellite, the third satellite launched by the nation. A Safir-1 rocket lifted off from...

OHB/SSTL team wins latest Galileo contract
Posted: Sat, Feb 4 7:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
Two smaller European satellite manufacturers have won a contract to build the next batch of Galileo navigation satellites, beating out once again a European aerospace...