EchoStar orders satellite from Loral
Posted: Fri, Jun 30 10:00 PM ET (0200 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral announced Friday that it has won a contract to build a satellite for EchoStar, one that may be used in China. A...

House approves NASA budget
Posted: Fri, Jun 30 8:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
The US House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill Thursday that includes $16.7 billion for NASA. The Science, State, Justice and Commerce appropriations bill,...

STS-121 countdown begins
Posted: Thu, Jun 29 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
The countdown for Saturday's launch of the shuttle Discovery started Wednesday, with potential stormy weather the only major issue facing shuttle managers. NASA started...

Delta 4 launches NRO satellite from California
Posted: Wed, Jun 28 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
A Delta 4 launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite late Tuesday evening, the first launch for that vehicle from California. The Delta 4...

NASA reassigns shuttle official
Posted: Tue, Jun 27 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
NASA abruptly reassigned an astronaut who had been serving as a key official with oversight of the safety of the pending shuttle mission. Charles Camarda,...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Tue, Jun 27 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
A Progress spacecraft carrying cargo for the International Space Station docked with the orbiting outpost on Monday. The Progress M-57 spacecraft (called Progress 22...

Russia launches military spacecraft
Posted: Mon, Jun 26 7:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
A Tsiklon rocket launched a classified Russian military satellite Sunday morning. The Tsiklon 2 rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12 am EDT (...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Mon, Jun 26 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
Russia launched an unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday. The Soyuz rocket, carrying the Progress M-57 spacecraft (called Progress...

Hubble camera malfunctions
Posted: Mon, Jun 26 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
The major camera on the Hubble Space Telescope malfunctioned last week, although instrument engineers are optimistic that the problem can be resolved. The Advanced Camera...

Names assigned to new Pluto moons
Posted: Fri, Jun 23 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
Two small moons found last year around the planet Pluto were assigned permanent names this week. The moons, designated S/2005 P 1 and S/...