Report recommends UK manned space program
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 11:49 AM ET (1549 GMT)
A report issued this week by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) recommends that the British government provide support for human spaceflight. The RAS report, written...

Hubble looks for lunar resources
Posted: Thu, Oct 20 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to locate oxygen-bearing minerals on the lunar surface, a discovery that could prove useful for future human...

Contact lost with Russian satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 20 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
Controllers have lost contact with a Russian remote sensing satellite launched earlier this year, officials said Wednesday. Spacecraft controllers with the Khrunichev Space Center said...

Final Titan 4 launches
Posted: Wed, Oct 19 8:36 PM ET (0036 GMT)
A Titan 4B launched a classified payload on Wednesday, marking the final launch in the long history of the Titan launch vehicle family. The Titan...

ISS maneuver cut short
Posted: Wed, Oct 19 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
An engine burn designed to raise the orbit of the International Space Station was cut short early Wednesday because of an unspecified problem, Russian media...

Russia to fly Brazilian astronaut
Posted: Tue, Oct 18 11:44 PM ET (0344 GMT)
The Russian government has agreed to fly Brazil's first astronaut to the International Space Station on a mission next year, the leaders of the...

Shenzhou 6 lands
Posted: Mon, Oct 17 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
China's Shenzhou 6 spacecraft, that nation's second manned mission, came to a successful end early Monday with a landing in Inner Mongolia. The...

NASA plans for May shuttle launch
Posted: Sat, Oct 15 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Friday they believed they could have the shuttle ready for its next launch in May 2006 after gaining a better understanding...

Shenzhou 6 mission continues
Posted: Sat, Oct 15 10:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
The crew of Shenzhou 6, China's second manned mission, have entered the fourth day of a planned five-day mission with few problems, although...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Fri, Oct 14 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites for the French military and an American company on Thursday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off from...