Proton launch fails
Posted: Thu, Sep 6 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Proton rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite failed to reach orbit early Thursday because of an anomaly with the vehicle's second stage. The...

Phoenix Mars mission passes early tests
Posted: Thu, Sep 6 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, launched just over a month ago, has passed a series of in-flight tests, project officials said this week. The...

First South Korean astronaut selected
Posted: Wed, Sep 5 2:16 PM ET (1816 GMT)
The South Korean government has selected a computer engineer to be that nation's first astronaut. Ko San, a 30-year-old artificial intelligence and...

Arianespace wins contract to launch Globalstar satellites
Posted: Wed, Sep 5 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
Globalstar has signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of the satellite communications company's next generation of low Earth orbit satellites, the two...

India launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Sep 2 7:07 PM ET (2307 GMT)
India successfully launched a communications satellite in the return to flight of a launch vehicle that failed in its last launch over a year ago....

ISS crew relocates docking adapter
Posted: Fri, Aug 31 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station moved a docking adapter on the station's Unity module to make way for the arrival later this...

NASA finds no evidence of intoxicated astronauts
Posted: Thu, Aug 30 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
An internal investigation by NASA has failed to turn up any proof that astronauts were intoxicated immediately before spaceflights, contrary to the claims of an...

Boeing wins Ares 1 upper stage contract
Posted: Wed, Aug 29 7:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
NASA has selected Boeing to manufacture the upper stage of its Ares 1 crew launch vehicle, the space agency announced Tuesday. The contract, valued at $...

Mars rovers resume driving
Posted: Tue, Aug 28 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
After weathering a potentially mission-ending dust storm, NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers have resumed driving on the Martian surface, JPL recently announced. The...

NASA to repair shuttle external tank insulation
Posted: Sat, Aug 25 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
NASA plans to repair insulation on several shuttle external tanks to prevent foam shedding that damaged tiles on the Endeavour earlier this month. Inspection of...