Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Dec 9 10:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Russian military satellite early Sunday. The Proton-M rocket lifted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:16 pm EST Saturday (...

Shuttle launch pushed back to Sunday
Posted: Sat, Dec 8 10:10 AM ET (1510 GMT)
NASA announced late Friday it would make its next attempt to launch the shuttle Atlantis on Sunday, one day later than previously planned, to allow...

Weather delays Delta 2 launch again
Posted: Sat, Dec 8 9:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
Strong winds delayed the launch of a Delta 2 from California Friday evening. The Delta 2, carrying the COSMO-SkyMed 2 satellite, was scheduled to...

Solar wind origin linked to magnetic waves
Posted: Fri, Dec 7 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
Data from NASA instruments on a Japanese spacecraft have allowed scientists to identify the energy source for the solar wind. In papers published in Friday'...

Fuel sensor problem delays shuttle launch to Saturday
Posted: Thu, Dec 6 11:54 PM ET (0454 GMT)
NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis after encountering problems with fuel sensors, pushing the launch back to no sooner than Saturday. Atlantis...

High winds postpone Delta launch
Posted: Thu, Dec 6 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
The launch of an Italian remote sensing satellite on a Delta 2 from California was postponed Wednesday night because of high winds. The Delta 2...

Officials: Israel satellite launch delayed by technical issues, not politics
Posted: Wed, Dec 5 7:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
Officials in India and Israel said this week that a planned launch of an Israeli reconnaissance satellite on an Indian rocket had been delayed because...

Countdown begins for shuttle launch
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
The countdown for the launch of the shuttle Atlantis started Monday evening, with good weather forecast and only minor technical issues being addressed. Atlantis is...

First stars may have been made of dark matter
Posted: Tue, Dec 4 7:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
The first stars that formed after the Big Bang may have been giant agglomerations of invisible dark matter, astronomers said Monday. The study, to be...

Shuttle cleared for Thursday launch
Posted: Sat, Dec 1 7:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
NASA managers approved plans on Friday to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on a mission to the International Space Station this Thursday. Atlantis is scheduled...