MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia failed to put a communications satellite into designated orbit Sunday, in the latest setback for the once-pioneering space industry, officials said. The latest mishap is believed to be linked to a malfunction in the Proton-M rocket’s Briz-M booster stage that earlier ...

Iran has launched its first home-built satellite into orbit using a homegrown rocket, in a move that is certain to set alarm bells ringing in the international community. "Dear Iranians, your children have put the first indigenous satellite into orbit," a jubilant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said ...

The space shuttle Endeavour entered into orbit less than nine minutes after liftoff Friday, carrying seven American astronauts on a mission to improve and expand living quarters on the International Space Station.