Former Roscosmos chief passes away
Posted: Thu, Jun 19 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
Vladimir Popovkin, the former head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 57. Popovkin served as head of...

Hubble begins search for New Horizons Kuiper Belt targets
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
Planetary scientists will use the Hubble Space Telescope to search for an object in the Kuiper Belt that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft can visit...

ULA issues contracts for engine studies
Posted: Tue, Jun 17 2:14 PM ET (1814 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) said Monday that it has signed contracts with "multiple" US companies to study designs for a new engine that could replace...

Airbus and Safran plan launch vehicle joint venture
Posted: Tue, Jun 17 11:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
Two European aerospace companies announced Monday that they plan to create a joint venture to develop most cost-effective versions of the Ariane launch vehicle....

Soyuz launches GLONASS satellite
Posted: Sun, Jun 15 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed a Russian GLONASS navigation satellite into orbit late Saturday. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in...

Winds delay test of Mars reentry technology
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 8:07 AM ET (1207 GMT)
A persistent, unseasonal pattern of high winds has delayed a planned test of a Mars reentry technology demonstrator until at least late this month, project...

Government to allow sale of higher resolution commercial imagery
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
The US government will now allow a leading commercial remote sensing company to sell images at higher resolutions than previously permitted. DigitalGlobe announced this week...

Turbopump bearing blamed for Proton failure
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
Russian officials have blamed a Proton launch failure last month on a faulty turbopump bearing in the rocket's upper stage. The head of Roscosmos,...

Google to acquire Skybox Imaging
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Internet giant Google announced Tuesday it has agreed to acquire commercial satellite remote sensing company Skybox Imaging for $500 million in cash. Skybox, located not...

Smoke briefly observed inside ISS
Posted: Wed, Jun 11 9:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station saw smoke in one of the station's Russian modules on Tuesday, but the problem was quickly resolved....