US and UK agree to cooperate in space exploration
Posted: Mon, Apr 23 8:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
The United States and the United Kingdom signed an agreement last week to study means of cooperation in future space exploration missions. The agreement, signed...

Soyuz returns to Earth
Posted: Sat, Apr 21 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two ISS crew members and a space tourist landed in Kazakhstan on Saturday. The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft landed safely on...

Two dead in JSC shooting
Posted: Fri, Apr 20 8:36 PM ET (0036 GMT)
A gunman stormed into a building at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Friday afternoon and killed one hostage before killing himself. According to...

Soyuz landing delayed a day
Posted: Thu, Apr 19 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that the return of a Soyuz spacecraft from the ISS had been delayed a day because of landing site conditions. The Soyuz...

Dnepr launches cluster of small satellites
Posted: Thu, Apr 19 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
A converted Russian ICBM launched over a dozen small satellites for a variety of countries on Tuesday. The Dnepr rocketed lifted off from the BAikonur...

NASA plans ambitious shuttle launch schedule
Posted: Thu, Apr 19 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
NASA announced this week a revised schedule for shuttle launches that calls for six shuttle missions in less than 12 months. The shuttle schedule was...

Report: NASA paid settlement to STS-107 families
Posted: Sun, Apr 15 12:21 PM ET (1621 GMT)
NASA gave $26.6 million to the families of the astronauts killed on the STS-107 shuttle mission in 2003, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday....

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 14 9:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese navigation satellite early Saturday, the second Chinese launch in less than a week. The Long March 3A rocket...

MGS failure caused by software glitch
Posted: Sat, Apr 14 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
A software glitch, undetected in testing on the ground, caused the demise of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft last November, an investigation board...

Boisvert named new head of CSA
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 12:32 PM ET (1632 GMT)
The former CEO of a Canadian satellite operator has beem tapped to become the new president of the Canadian Space Agency. The Canadian government announced...