Cassini ring images delight scientists
Posted: Fri, Jul 2 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
Images of Saturn's rings taken by the Cassini spacecraft as it entered orbit around the planet this week are pleasing and surprising scientists with...

NASA Marshall restructures
Posted: Fri, Jul 2 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
Following on the heels of a restructuring of NASA Headquarters, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) announced this week its own reorganization. The realignment...

Cassini arrives at Saturn
Posted: Thu, Jul 1 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
The Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn late Wednesday night, ending a nearly seven-year journey from Earth. Spacecraft controllers received data from the spacecraft...

ISS spacewalk a success
Posted: Thu, Jul 1 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
The two crewmembers on the International Space Station successfully completed a spacewalk outside the station Wednesday evening, repairing a faulty gyro. Gennady Padalka and Michael...

Dnepr launches satellites
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
A Russian Dnepr booster successfully launched a cluster of small satellites for several countries early Tuesday. The Dnepr, a converted SS-18 ICBM, lifted off...

Zenit upper stage failure places satellite in lower orbit
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Zenit 3SL booster launched a commercial communications satellite for the international Sea Launch venture Monday night, but an upper stage problem placed the satellite...

Mars Express radar deployment delayed again
Posted: Mon, Jun 28 9:03 PM ET (0103 GMT)
ESA officials announced last week that the deployment of a radar boom on its Mars Express spacecraft would be further delayed while engineers study issues...

ISS spacewalk rescheduled for Wednesday night
Posted: Mon, Jun 28 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
International Space Station managers have rescheduled for Wednesday night a spacewalk that was aborted last week just minutes after it began. The EVA by Gennady...

US and EU sign Galileo agreement
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 1:23 PM ET (1723 GMT)
The United States and the European Union signed an agreement Saturday that assures that the their separate satellite navigation systems, GPS and Galileo, will be...

India, US to cooperate on space ventures
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 1:15 PM ET (1715 GMT)
The governments of India and the United States have announced a series of measures designed to increase cooperation between the two nations on space projects....