Cygnus spacecraft reenters
Posted: Thu, Oct 24 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
The first Cygnus cargo spacecraft ended its mission Wednesday by reentering over the South Pacific. The spacecraft, which departed from the International Space Station Tuesday...

Indian Mars mission launch rescheduled for November 5
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
The Indian space agency announced Tuesday that it has rescheduled the launch of that nation's first mission to Mars to early November. The launch...

Company plans high-altitude balloon flights, licensed as space vehicle
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
A new venture announced plans Monday to fly tourists into the upper atmosphere on a balloon that will be licensed as a launch vehicle. World...

Cygnus departs ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
The first Cygnus cargo spacecraft completed its demonstration mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, departing the station for a destructive reentry. The...

GOCE mission ends, satellite to reenter
Posted: Wed, Oct 23 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
A European spacecraft that mapped the Earth's gravity field formally ended its mission on Monday and will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the...

Proton launch postponed a day
Posted: Sun, Oct 20 1:35 PM ET (1735 GMT)
The launch of a radio broadcasting satellite on a Proton rocket has been postponed a day because of a problem with a satellite ground station....

Upper stage investigation delays next Delta 4 launch
Updated: Sat, Oct 19 11:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sat, Oct 19 11:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) said Friday it has postponed next week's scheduled launch of a GPS satellite on a Delta 4 in order to...

Astronomers find tilted solar system
Posted: Fri, Oct 18 10:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
Astronomers reported this week the discovery of a solar system whose inner planets are at a sharp angle to the rotational plane of the star...

Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment pulled from lake
Posted: Thu, Oct 17 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
The largest fragment of the meteor that exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February has been recovered from the bottom a lake. A...

Europe to embark on all-electric satellite program
Posted: Wed, Oct 16 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
The European Space Agency, a satellite operator, and a satellite manufacturer announced plans Tuesday to jointly develop a communications satellite platform that exclusively uses electric...