Star has comet-like tail
Posted: Thu, Aug 16 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
Ultraviolet images taken by a NASA spacecraft have revealed that a well-known star has a comet-like tail that extends for over a dozen...

Third STS-118 spacewalk ends early
Posted: Thu, Aug 16 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
The third spacewalk of the STS-118 shuttle mission ended earlier than scheduled on Wednesday after one of the spacewalking astronauts noticed minor damage to...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Wed, Aug 15 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two commercial communications satellites Tuesday evening. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from the Kourou, French Guiana spaceport at 7:...

ISS gyro replaced; shuttle repairs still under consideration
Posted: Tue, Aug 14 9:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Spacewalkers replaced a faulty gyroscope on the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Monday while shuttle managers continued to study whether on-orbit repairs...

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...