Falcon 9 test vehicle destroyed in flight
Posted: Sat, Aug 23 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
A SpaceX experimental vehicle used to demonstrate technologies planned for future reusable version of the Falcon 9 rocket was destroyed during a flight at the...

ULA takes delivery of RD-180 engines
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 1:26 PM ET (1726 GMT)
In the latest sign of "business as usual" operations despite ongoing geopolitical issues, United Launch Alliance (ULA) confirmed Wednesday that it took delivery of two...

Weather delays Soyuz launch of Galileo satellites
Posted: Thu, Aug 21 1:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
Poor weather postponed Thursday's scheduled launch of two European navigation satellites on a Soyuz rocket for at least 24 hours. A Soyuz ST-B...

China launches Earth observation satellite
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed an Earth observation satellite into orbit for China on Tuesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan...

Russian cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts successfully carried out a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday that included the deployment of a CubeSat. Alexander...

Cygnus departs from ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 16 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft unberthed from the International Space Station Friday morning, ending a nearly month-long stay at the outpost. The station's Canadarm2...

Dust grains returns by NASA mission have interstellar origins
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Scientists reported this week that several dust grains returned by a NASA mission eight years ago likely originated from outside the solar system. In a...

Cohesive forces hold together rapidly spinning small asteroid
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
A near Earth asteroid that is spinning at a rate higher than thought possible is kept from flying apart by cohesive forces, scientists said this...

ViaSat shares fall on earnings miss
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 1:31 PM ET (1731 GMT)
Shares in broadband satellite communications provider ViaSat fell by nearly ten percent Wednesday after its earnings fell short of expectations. While ViaSat reported an increase...

Atlas 5 launches WorldView-3
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 7:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the most powerful commercial remote sensing satellite to date on Wednesday. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Vandenberg...