Comet brightens to naked-eye brilliance
Posted: Fri, Oct 26 9:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
An obscure comet has surprised astronomers by suddenly brightening to naked-eye visibility this week. Comet 17P/Holmes has been a dim magnitude 17 object,...

Shuttle docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 26 1:51 AM ET (0551 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday morning, marking the beginning of an ambitious assembly mission at the station. Discovery...

Initial inspection finds no shuttle damage
Posted: Thu, Oct 25 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
An inspection of the exterior of the shuttle Discovery on Wednesday turned up no evidence of damage to the orbiter, while mission managers said very...

China launches first lunar probe
Posted: Wed, Oct 24 8:57 AM ET (1257 GMT)
China successfully launched its first lunar orbiter mission on Wednesday. A Long March 3A rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern...

Lockheed space systems unit sees increased sales, profit
Posted: Wed, Oct 24 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
Lockheed Martin's space division reported increased revenues and profits in the fiscal third quarter of 2007, the company announced Tuesday. The Space Systems division...

Discovery lifts off
Posted: Tue, Oct 23 2:58 PM ET (1858 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery lifted off Tuesday morning on a mission to the International Space Station. Discovery launched on schedule at 11:38 am EDT (...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Tue, Oct 23 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
A Molniya rocket launched a Russian military satellite early Tuesday, according to Russian media reports. THe Molniya-M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome...

Shuttle cleared for Tuesday launch attempt
Posted: Mon, Oct 22 8:57 AM ET (1257 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Sunday that everything was in good shape for Tuesday's launch of the shuttle Discovery on a critical ISS assembly mission....

Four Globalstar satellites launched
Posted: Sun, Oct 21 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed four Globalstar communications satellites into low Earth orbit early Sunday. The Soyuz-Fregat lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

Soyuz lands off course
Posted: Sun, Oct 21 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft returning from the International Space Station landed safety but over 300 kilometers from its intended target early Sunday. The Soyuz TMA-10...