Report: first Chinese manned mission nearly ended in disaster
Posted: Tue, Aug 14 9:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
China's first manned space mission, Shenzhou 5, nearly had a fatal ending when spacecraft controllers could not communicate or locate the spacecraft during reentry,...

NASA weighing shuttle tile repair
Posted: Mon, Aug 13 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Shuttle managers are considering whether to have astronauts repair a damaged tile on the underside of the shuttle Endeavour after images taken on Sunday revealed...

NASA names new exploration chief, Stennis director
Posted: Mon, Aug 13 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
NASA announced on Friday that the current director of NASA's Stennis Space Center will become the agency's associate administrator for exploration, and that...

Station truss segment installed; shuttle damage assessment planned
Posted: Sun, Aug 12 4:59 AM ET (0859 GMT)
Astronauts installed a new truss segment to the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Saturday while NASA continued to study damage to the underside...

Endeavour docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Aug 10 8:08 PM ET (0008 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station on Friday afternoon as officials on the ground studied new imagery which appeared to...

Shuttle crew inspects for damage
Posted: Fri, Aug 10 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour inspected the exterior of the orbiter on Thursday for any damage as the shuttle approached the International Space...

European companies win UAE satellite contract
Posted: Thu, Aug 9 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
The two major European commercial satellite manufacturers have won a contract to develop two large communications satellites for a United Arab Emirates company. EADS Astrium...

NASA: no evidence of intoxicated astronauts
Posted: Thu, Aug 9 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
NASA officials said yesterday that an internal review has failed to turn up any evidence to date that astronauts were intoxicated during shuttle launches or...

Endeavour launches on mission STS-118
Posted: Wed, Aug 8 8:27 PM ET (0027 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour launched late Wednesday afternoon on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour lifted off from pad 39A at the Kennedy...

Inmarsat shifts next satellite to Proton
Posted: Wed, Aug 8 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Mobile satellite company Inmarsat has signed a contract with International Launch Services to launch its next satellite on a Proton next year. The contract, announced...