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VideoSoyuz/Galileo launch timeline
Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
VideoSouth Korean satellite launched by Dnepr rocket
A stockpiled Soviet-era ballistic missile shot out of an underground silo on a remote Russian military base Wednesday and powered into orbit with a South Korean Earth observation satellite.
H-2A rocket achieves fourth launch in six months
A new surveillance satellite equipped with a high-resolution optical camera blasted into space aboard a Japanese H-2A rocket Thursday, joining a fleet of spy stations in orbit to track military activity in North Korea and other locations around the world.
Photos: Galileo navigation satellites added to Soyuz rocket
Twin satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system were raised on top of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket late Tuesday and installed for Friday's launch from French Guiana to expand the growing network of spacecraft nearly 15,000 miles above Earth.
VideoSoyuz primed to launch veteran space station crew
A Soyuz rocket is sitting on a historic launch pad in Kazakhstan after a railroad journey at sunrise Wednesday positioned the crew ferry craft for liftoff Friday with a three-man crew destined for the International Space Station, including two spaceflight veterans who will spend nearly one year in orbit.
With memory restored, Opportunity rover completes marathon on Mars
NASA's Opportunity rover trekking across Mars completed a marathon's worth of driving Tuesday, extending its record-setting exploration of the red planet as engineers installed a software fix to overcome a problem with the aging robot's flash memory.
Surveillance satellite on track for blastoff from Japan
A Japanese H-2A rocket is set for launch Thursday with a high-resolution imaging satellite to record views of strategic sites for the country's intelligence agencies.
Photos: Soyuz rocket transferred to jungle launch pad
Russian technicians rolled a Soyuz rocket from its integration hangar to the launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday morning, positioning the booster to receive two Galileo navigation satellites ahead of liftoff Friday.
Debut flight of rail-guided space launcher slips to October
The first flight of a new rail-guided satellite launch system from a military missile range in Hawaii has been delayed until late October due to problems with the rocket's first stage motor, according to a U.S. Air Force official.
Soyuz launch double-header set for Friday
Russian launch crews on two continents are putting the final touches on a pair of Soyuz rockets scheduled to blast off less than two hours apart Friday -- one carrying a three-man crew to the space station, and another boosting two European navigation satellites into orbit from the Amazon jungle.