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VideoEngineers finding lessons in nearly flawless Orion test flight
December's first orbital test flight of NASA's Orion crew capsule was almost perfect, but engineers are carefully analyzing 600 gigabytes of data recorded on the spacecraft's trip 3,600 miles into space to see how future missions to an asteroid and Mars could be improved.
Arianespace on pace for one launch per month in 2015
Last week's successful launch of a Vega rocket with a European re-entry technology demonstrator marked the first of at least 11 flights planned this year by Arianespace to put communications satellites, Earth observatories and research probes into space.
VideoPhotos: Russian supply ship blasts off from Kazakhstan
Russia's Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. See photos of the supply ship's launch.
Dawn’s imagery of Ceres keeps getting better
Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on approach to the dwarf planet Ceres show a world pockmarked by craters and mysterious bright spots, and scientists are eager for a better look in the weeks ahead.
Soyuz rocket boosts Russian cargo craft to space station
Russia launched a Progress resupply mission Tuesday heading for the International Space Station with more than 6,000 pounds of fuel, supplies and experiments to support the lab's six-person crew, and the automated cargo craft sailed to a smooth link-up with the complex less than six hours later.
SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg
SpaceX plans to set up landing pads on abandoned launch sites at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base in a step toward the company's vision for eventual recovery and reuse of rocket boosters.
Photos from Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day comet close-up
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft -- six months into its mission at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko -- made its closest flyby of the comet's boulder-strewn nucleus Saturday, capturing photos and measurements to help scientists unravel how the duck-shaped body is evolving on its path around the sun.
SES bridges the Atlantic in latest satellite purchase
Boeing Satellite Systems, Airbus Defense and Space and Orbital ATK have won orders from Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES for three new communications spacecraft for launch in 2017.
VideoProgress cargo mission ready for launch to space station
A Russian Progress supply ship packed with 3.1 tons of cargo and propellant to refuel the International Space Station is set for liftoff Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Arianespace edges out SpaceX to launch Korean satellites
Two South Korean Earth-watching satellites will ride Ariane 5 rockets into orbit in 2018 and 2019 after Arianespace beat SpaceX in a competition to launch the spacecraft.