MRO deploys radar antenna
Posted: Thu, Sep 21 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has successfully deployed the antenna for an Italian radar system on the spacecraft that will be used to...

Inspections find no shuttle damage
Posted: Wed, Sep 20 1:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
An additional round of inspections of the exterior of the shuttle Atlantis Wednesday turned up no evidence of damage to the orbiter, apparently clearing the...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 20 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two members of the next International Space Station crew and a commercial passenger docked with the ISS early Wednesday. The Soyuz...

Progress jettisoned from ISS
Posted: Tue, Sep 19 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
In preparation for Wednesday's docking of a Soyuz spacecraft a Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and reentered the Earth's atmosphere late...

Shuttle landing delayed by debris concerns
Posted: Tue, Sep 19 2:27 PM ET (1827 GMT)
NASA decided Tuesday to delay Wednesday morning's scheduled landing of the shuttle Atlantis a day after shuttle cameras picked up an unidentified object near...

Noxious leak triggers ISS alarm
Posted: Mon, Sep 18 8:59 PM ET (0059 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station sounded an alarm Monday morning after initially reporting smoke inside the station, which later turned out to be...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Mon, Sep 18 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the next ISS crew and a private passenger lifted off early Monday. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

Atlantis undocks from ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 17 12:38 PM ET (1638 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Sunday morning as its mission winds down. Atlantis undocked from the station's Destiny module...

STS-115 crew completes final spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Sep 16 12:10 PM ET (1610 GMT)
Two shuttle astronauts performed the third and final spacewalk of the STS-115 mission on Friday, all but wrapping up a successful assembly mission to...

Astronomers discover bloated planet
Posted: Fri, Sep 15 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday that they have found an extrasolar planet that is larger than Jupiter but only half its mass, making it the less dense...