Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 17 1:04 PM ET (1704 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday night, bringing a new crew and a visiting astronaut to the orbiting outpost. The Soyuz...

Pegasus launches DART spacecraft
Posted: Fri, Apr 15 9:51 PM ET (0151 GMT)
A Pegasus XL booster successfully launched a NASA technology demonstration satellite Friday. The Pegasus XL departed its L-1011 carrier aircraft off the coast from...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, Apr 15 8:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket carrying a new crew for the International Space Station lifted off early Friday. The Soyuz booster, carrying the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft,...

Senate unanimously confirms Griffin
Posted: Thu, Apr 14 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
The US Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Michael Griffin as the next NASA administrator Wednesday night, clearing the way for him to start work...

X Prize Cup plans announced
Posted: Thu, Apr 14 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
The state of New Mexico will host the first X Prize Cup exhibition this October, the state and prize foundation officials announced Wednesday. The inaugural...

Griffin promises to revisit Hubble decision
Posted: Wed, Apr 13 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Michael Griffin, the president's nominee to become the next NASA administrator, told senators Tuesday that he will revisit a decision to cancel a shuttle...

China launches commercial communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Apr 12 7:22 PM ET (2322 GMT)
A Chinese Long March booster launched a Western-built commercial communications satellite late Tuesday. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite...

Agreement signed for Soyuz launches from Kourou
Posted: Tue, Apr 12 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
Arianespace and the Russian space agency Roskosmos have signed an agreement that confirms plans to launch Soyuz rockets from Arianespace's launch site in French...

Air Force to evenly split future EELV launches
Posted: Tue, Apr 12 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The US Air Force will split a new batch of EELV launch contacts evenly between Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 and Boeing's Delta 4,...

Minotaur launches Air Force satellite
Posted: Mon, Apr 11 9:07 PM ET (0107 GMT)
A Minotaur launch vehicle, in its first flight in nearly five years, placed an experimental Air Force satellite into orbit Monday morning. The Minotaur lifted...