Congressman and NASA reach commercial crew agreement
Posted: Wed, Jun 6 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
A key member of Congress who had been critical of NASA's commercial crew development efforts said Tuesday that he has reached an understanding with...

NRO gives NASA two space telescopes
Posted: Tue, Jun 5 5:56 AM ET (0956 GMT)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has given NASA two telescopes originally designed for reconnaissance satellites that the space agency believes could be repurposed for astronomy...

Scientists win prizes for Kuiper Belt discoveries
Posted: Tue, Jun 5 5:45 AM ET (0945 GMT)
The discovery of objects in the Kuiper Belt in the outer reaches of the solar system netted scientists a pair of major prizes last week....

Intelsat 19 suffers solar array problem
Posted: Sun, Jun 3 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
One of the two solar arrays of a newly-launched communications satellite for Intelsat failed to deploy properly, the company announced late Friday. Intelsat said...

Zenit-3SL launches Intelsat satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 1 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
A Zenit-3SL rocket launched from the Pacific Ocean placed an Intelsat communications satellite into orbit early Friday. The Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifted...

Dragon splashes down in Pacific
Posted: Thu, May 31 9:00 PM ET (0100 GMT)
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft departed from the International Space Station early Thursday and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, wrapping up a successful demonstration...

X-37B to return to Earth in June
Posted: Thu, May 31 6:06 AM ET (1006 GMT)
An experimental military spaceplane in orbit for over a year will land in California in June, the US Air Force announced Wednesday. The second X-...

SpaceX signs first commercial Falcon Heavy launch
Posted: Wed, May 30 6:11 AM ET (1011 GMT)
SpaceX announced Tuesday it has signed its first commercial customer for the company's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket. SpaceX announced that communications satellite operator...

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...