Armadillo falls short in first bid to win lander prize
Posted: Sun, Oct 28 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Armadillo Aerospace came within ten seconds of winning level one of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge competition Saturday at the X Prize Cup before...

Rocketplane unveils new XP design
Posted: Sat, Oct 27 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
Rocketplane Global revealed on Friday a new design for its XP suborbital spaceplane that the company plans to have flying in 2010. The new design...

Harmony module added to ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 26 9:32 PM ET (0132 GMT)
The crews of the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery added a new node module to the station as part of a six-hour...

Proton returns to flight with GLONASS launch
Posted: Fri, Oct 26 9:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)
A Russian Proton rocket launched three navigation satellites Friday in the first flight for the booster since a failure less than two months ago. The...

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 (...