Weather delays Antares launch to Sunday
Posted: Sat, Jul 12 10:40 AM ET (1440 GMT)
Stormy weather on the Virginia coast this week has delayed the launch of a commercial cargo mission to the ISS until Sunday. The launch of...

Soyuz launches four O3b satellites
Posted: Fri, Jul 11 7:20 AM ET (1120 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully placed into orbit Thursday a second set of four broadband communications satellites. A Soyuz ST-B rocket lifted off from the...

FAA gives environmental OK for SpaceX Texas spaceport
Posted: Thu, Jul 10 8:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved an environmental assessment that would allow SpaceX to perform launches from a proposed launch site near Brownsville, Texas....

First Angara launch a success
Posted: Thu, Jul 10 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
Russian officials said Wednesday that the first launch of its long-awaited Angara rocket, on a suborbital test flight, was a success. The Angara-1....

Soyuz launches several satellites
Posted: Wed, Jul 9 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed several spacecraft, including a Russian weather satellite and a commercial imaging satellite, into orbit on Tuesday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket...

NASA to rename KSC building after Armstrong
Posted: Tue, Jul 8 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
A major building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be renamed after the first man to set foot on the Moon, NASA announced...

New study indicates two potentially Earth-like exoplanets don't exist
Posted: Sat, Jul 5 9:53 AM ET (1353 GMT)
A pair of previously-discovered extrasolar planets that had the potential to be Earth-like may not actually exist, astronomers reported this week. Astronomers first...

Cygnus launch rescheduled for July 11
Posted: Fri, Jul 4 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation has rescheduled the Antares launch of a Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station to July 11 after completing checks of...

Rockot launches communications satellites
Posted: Fri, Jul 4 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
A Rockot launch vehicle placed into orbit three small communications satellites for the Russian government on Thursday. The Rockot booster lifted off from the Plesetsk...

Boeing and NASA sign SLS contract as core stage passes CDR
Posted: Thu, Jul 3 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
NASA and Boeing signed a $2.8-billion contract to develop the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket as that...