Jan 2012
Cargo ship docks with space station; Soyuz issue assessed
After a two-day orbital chase, an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment carried out a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Friday evening. Read More...
Russian cargo ship takes off for space station
An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, bound for the International Space Station. Read More...
SpaceX cargo launch on hold until at least late March
Launch of a SpaceX commercial cargo ship on an initial test flight to the International Space Station, originally planned for Feb. 7, is expected to slip to at least the end of March, officials said Friday Read More...
Delta 4 boosts military comsat into space
01/19/2012 08:22 PM Filed in: Space News | Military Space
An Air Force communications satellite that will be used in part to relay commands to unmanned drones was boosted into orbit Thursday by a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket (UPDATED).
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Russian space officials say ill-fated Mars probe falls to Earth
A Russian Mars probe, stranded in low-Earth orbit after a malfunction following launch in November, reportedly fell back into the atmosphere Sunday, apparently breaking up over the southern Pacific Ocean west of Chile. Read More...
Twin GRAIL spacecraft achieve lunar orbit (UPATED)
Ringing in the new year with back-to-back successes, a second NASA science satellite slipped into orbit around the moon Sunday, one day after an identical spacecraft braked into the same polar orbit. Read More...