Minotaur launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, Dec 16 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT)
A Minotaur rocket launched two satellites for the Air Force and NASA from a new commercial spaceport in Virginia Saturday morning. The Minotaur 1 rocket...

NASA adds array work to next EVA
Posted: Sat, Dec 16 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
NASA has decided to have a pair of astronauts examine a balky solar panel on the ISS during their next spacewalk late Saturday. Astronauts Bob...

Japanese launch postponed
Posted: Sat, Dec 16 9:40 AM ET (1440 GMT)
The launch of an experimental communications satellite on a Japanese rocket Saturday was delayed by poor weather. The H-2A was scheduled to launch Saturday...

Delta 2 launches NRO satellite
Posted: Fri, Dec 15 7:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket launched a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Thursday in the first launch carried out under the auspices...

Spacewalkers begin rewiring ISS power system
Posted: Fri, Dec 15 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
Two astronauts started the process of reconfiguring the station's power supply during an EVA Thursday. STS-116 astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang spent...

State Department defends national space policy
Posted: Thu, Dec 14 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
In the first public comments by a Bush Administration official since the release of the new national space policy two months ago, a State Department...

ISS solar panel only partially retracts
Posted: Thu, Dec 14 7:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Efforts to retract a solar panel on the ISS were only partially successful yesterday, and NASA was considering a plan to mount an additional spacewalk...

Budget deal to keep NASA funded at 2006 levels
Posted: Wed, Dec 13 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
A plan by the incoming Democratic leadership of Congress to resolve a number of outstanding appropriations bills for 2007, including one that funds NASA, would...

Spacewalkers add truss segment to ISS
Posted: Wed, Dec 13 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
Spacewalkers add truss segment to ISSSpacewalkers installed a new segment to the truss of the International Space Station during a spacewalk Tuesday. STS-116 astronauts...

Proton launches Malaysian satellite
Posted: Tue, Dec 12 8:44 AM ET (1344 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a US-built communications satellite for Malaysia early Tuesday. The Proton M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...