Discovery cleared to land Friday, location TBD
Posted: Fri, Dec 22 12:24 PM ET (1724 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery is ready to return to Earth on Friday afternoon, although mission managers are uncertain which of three landing sites the shuttle...

Kosmos launches German military satellite
Posted: Wed, Dec 20 12:41 PM ET (1741 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos rocket successfully launched the first in a series of German radar imagery satellites on Tuesday. The Kosmos-3M rocket lifted off from...

Discovery undocks from station
Posted: Wed, Dec 20 12:31 PM ET (1731 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday afternoon after completing its work on the ISS. Discovery undocked from the station's...

Astronauts complete retraction of solar panel
Posted: Tue, Dec 19 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
Astronauts completed the retraction of a troublesome solar array on Monday during an unscheduled EVA. Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang spent just over six and...

NASA, Google begin partnership
Posted: Tue, Dec 19 7:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA and Google announced Monday that they would work together to help make NASA's vast archives of images and other information available on the...

Loral, Canadian fund to buy Telesat Canada
Posted: Mon, Dec 18 7:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
Satellite operator Loral Space and Communications announced Monday morning that it and a Canadian pension fund will acquire Canadian satellite operator Telesat Canada for nearly $...

Japan launches experimental communications satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 18 7:50 AM ET (1250 GMT)
An H-2A rocket launched a large Japanese experimental communications satellite on Monday. The H-2A lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 1:...

Third STS-116 spacewalk a success, fourth added
Posted: Sun, Dec 17 12:39 PM ET (1739 GMT)
Astronauts successfully completed the rewiring of the International Space Station's power system during an EVA Saturday evening as mission controllers decided to add a...

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...