HELSINKI — China suffered a pair of launch failures Friday, seeing the loss of a classified Shijian satellite and the failed first launch of the Ceres-2 rocket. The Long March 3B lifted off at 11:55 ...

Discovery’s astronauts scanned the space shuttle’s heat shielding for signs of damage from launch debris April 6, but were unable to transmit the findings to NASA’s Mission Control for analysis by ...

Saturday's twin failures involved a state-owned rocket and a private one, but observers said they were part of the industry's growing pains In a historic blow to its space programme, China suffered ...