China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Wed, May 30 6:00 AM ET (1000 GMT)
A Chinese rocket placed a remote sensing satellite with potential military applications into orbit on Tuesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the...

Baikonur dispute delays three launches
Posted: Wed, May 30 5:55 AM ET (0955 GMT)
A dispute between the Russian and Kazakh governments has postponed three scheduled launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, including one carrying a European weather...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, May 27 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
China launched a satellite late Saturday for civil and possibly military communications. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center...

Dragon berthed to ISS
Posted: Sat, May 26 7:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused with and was berthed to the International Space Station on Friday, making it the first commercial vehicle to visit with...

Square Kilometer Array split over two sites
Posted: Sat, May 26 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
A giant distributed radio telescope will be split over sites in South Africa and Australia, astronomers announced Friday. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Organization said...

Dragon flies past ISS in test before berthing
Posted: Thu, May 24 11:42 PM ET (0342 GMT)
A commercially-developed cargo spacecraft flew within 2.5 kilometers of the International Space Station early Thursday in a test that clears the way for...

Falcon 9 launches Dragon on test flight to ISS
Posted: Tue, May 22 6:29 AM ET (1029 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft on a test flight to the International Space Station early Tuesday. The Falcon 9 lifted...

Intelsat files for IPO
Posted: Tue, May 22 6:17 AM ET (1017 GMT)
Satellite operator Intelsat has filed for an initial public offering of stock, seeking to raise $1.75 billion. The company filed to be listed on...

Falcon 9 launch scrubbed at last second
Posted: Sat, May 19 3:41 PM ET (1941 GMT)
The launch of a privately-developed cargo spacecraft on a test flight to the International Space Station was scrubbed in the final second of the...

Proton launches Canadian satellite
Posted: Fri, May 18 8:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Canadian commercial communications satellite early Friday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:12 pm...