Brightman cancels ISS trip Posted: Thu, May 14 9:27 AM ET (1327 GMT) Would-be space tourist Sarah Brightman announced Wednesday she was dropping plans to fly to the International Space Station in September. Brightman said she was... ISS crew rotations delayed Posted: Wed, May 13 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT) The return of one set of crew from the ISS and the launch of a replacement crew have been delayed because of an ongoing investigation... Progress reenters over Pacific Posted: Fri, May 8 7:55 PM ET (2355 GMT) A Progress spacecraft that controllers lost control of shortly after launch reentered harmlessly over the Pacific Ocean Thursday night. The Russian space agency Roscosmos said... SpaceX successfully tests Dragon abort system Posted: Fri, May 8 7:48 PM ET (2348 GMT) A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft performed a pad abort test Wednesday in Florida, successfully demonstrating its ability to escape in an emergency. The Dragon, seated on... Blue Origin launches New Shepard vehicle on first test flight Posted: Sat, May 2 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT) Blue Origin announced late Wednesday that it completed the first test flight of its suborbital New Shepard vehicle, flying the vehicle to the edge of... Progress cargo spacecraft to reenter Posted: Sat, May 2 10:52 AM ET (1452 GMT) Russian controllers have abandoned efforts to restore control over a Progress cargo spacecraft that started spinning out of control shortly after launch Tuesday, leaving it... MESSENGER missions ends with crash on Mercury Posted: Sat, May 2 10:42 AM ET (1442 GMT) NASA's MESSENGER mission came to an end Thursday when the spacecraft, out of fuel, crashed on the surface of the planet Mercury. MESSENGER hit... Progress cargo spacecraft spins out of control after launch Posted: Wed, Apr 29 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT) A Progress cargo spacecraft started spinning out of control shortly after its launch Tuesday, and Russian officials were increasingly pessimistic about the prospects of restoring... Falcon launches communications satellite Posted: Tue, Apr 28 8:54 AM ET (1254 GMT) A Falcon 9 rocket launched a communications satellite built for Turkmenistan and Monaco on Monday evening. The Falcon 9 v1.1 lifted off from Cape... Ariane launches two satellites Posted: Tue, Apr 28 8:42 AM ET (1242 GMT) An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two satellites on Sunday. The Ariane 5 lifted off at 4:00 pm EDT (2000 GMT) and released the... |
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