Ocean rocket returns to business
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The Sea Launch company lofts its first satellite since an explosion destroyed a mission on lift-off in January 2007.
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By Bloomberg News  Alliant Techsystems Inc., the only maker of reusable solid rocket motors for the space shuttle, said new NASA space exploration initiatives will lift sales after the current fleet of spacecraft is retired.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home on Thursday,   capping a successful mission to resume International Space   Station construction 3-1/2 years after the 2003 Columbia   disaster.
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A test pilot took a privately funded rocket to space and is now starting back, setting the stage to win a $10 million prize.
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NASA gave a green light for the return of Space Shuttle Atlantis to Earth on Thursday after determining the orbiter was undamaged by debris floating nearby.
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Indiaâs indigenously built Agni II missile was successfully test-fired again from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)âs missile testing range at the Wheelers Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast on Sunday afternoon.
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The crew of a Canadian submarine which was left drifting in the Atlantic for five days after a fire broke out on board were finally back on dry land last night.
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If you go outside early on Wednesday morning you might see an incredible sight - a spacecraft returning from outer space. After a whirlwind tour a million miles from Earth, the Genesis spacecraft is returning.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - The first private manned rocket recovered from a wild corkscrew roll on its ascent to soar to space and back Wednesday in a bid to earn a $10 million prize...
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NASA&#39;s space shuttle Endeavour returned to the launch pad for the first time in nearly five years, making the overnight trek from its Florida hangar to prepare for a planned Aug. 7 liftoff.
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The aerospace industry bounced back this year with record sales and the first upswing in employment in five years as a result of &quot;robust&quot; defense
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Arianespace chief Jean-Yves Le Gall explains the significance of the return to flight of Europe's  Ariane 5-ECA rocket.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After two frustrating weeks of delays, space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts blasted off Saturday on a mission to resume construction of the international space station for the first time since the Columbia disaster 3 1/2 years ago.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - A privately owned rocket won a $10 million competition with its streak into space, and the event&#39;s success has sparked the creation of an annual competition that will test rockets in categories such as altitude, range and payload.
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By Bill Geroux, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Dec. 12--WALLOPS ISLAND -- The launch of a 69-foot orbital rocket from a  regional spaceport on the Eastern Shore was scrubbed yesterday because of a  software glitch in a satellite the rocket carries.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  NASA declared that it's back in the space- station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a new piece of the orbiting outpost.
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Fifty years ago today, the 70-foot (21-meter) tall Juno 1 rocket, a modified Redstone missile, launched the Explorer I satellite, marking the first U.S. built payload to enter Earth orbit. Three of the booster's four stages fell into the ocean while the fourth, which was used to boost Explorer I's velocity, entered orbit behind the satellite.