NASA to skip shuttle tanking test
Posted: Sat, May 6 11:30 AM ET (1530 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Thursday that they don't plan to conduct a test of the shuttle's external tank to test some balky sensors,...

Titan "seas" made of sand
Posted: Fri, May 5 12:17 PM ET (1617 GMT)
Dark areas on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan previously thought to be liquid hydrocarbon oceans are in fact vast areas of sand dunes,...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Thu, May 4 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
A Russian Soyuz booster launched what is believed to be a reconnaissance satellite for the Russian military on Wednesday. The Soyuz-U booster lifted off...

SS/Loral, Astrium announce satellite contracts
Posted: Thu, May 4 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and EADS Astrium have won contracts for commercial communications satellites, the two companies announced this week. SS/L announced Wednesday...

Next ISS crew named
Posted: Wed, May 3 7:39 AM ET (1139 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it has named two astronauts for the next long-duration crew for the International Space Station, who will join a Russian...

Collins, Kennedy to leave NASA
Posted: Tue, May 2 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
The first female shuttle commander and the head of NASA's Kennedy Space Center both announced Monday their plans to leave the space agency. Eileen...

NASA puts a hold on additional shuttle tank modifications
Posted: Sat, Apr 29 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
Shuttle managers announced Friday that they have decided to leave in place a number of foam ramps on the shuttle's external tank, deciding that...

CloudSat and CALIPSO finally launched
Posted: Fri, Apr 28 1:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
After a week's worth of launch pad delays, a Delta 2 carrying two Earth sciences spacecraft finally lifted off Friday morning. The Delta 2...

Contamination blamed for Proton failure
Posted: Fri, Apr 28 8:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
The failed launch of a communications satellite on a Proton rocket nearly two months ago has been blamed on contaminants in an upper-stage propellant...

Sensor glitch delays CloudSat/CALIPSO launch
Posted: Thu, Apr 27 1:08 PM ET (1708 GMT)
The launch of two Earth-observing satellites was called off once again Thursday, this time because of a problem with a sensor on the Delta...