Proton launches GLONASS satellites
Posted: Wed, Dec 26 10:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed three GLONASS navigation satellites in orbit, part of Russia's continuing effort to repopulate its satellite navigation system. The Proton-M...

Russia launches cargo spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Sun, Dec 23 12:36 PM ET (1736 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched on Sunday a Progress spacecraft carrying cargo for the International Space Station. The Soyuz lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at...

Conflict of interest delays 2011 NASA Mars mission
Posted: Sat, Dec 22 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
NASA will skip a 2011 opportunity to launch a Mars orbiter after the agency discovered a conflict of interest when reviewing two mission proposals. Agency...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, Dec 22 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched two communications satellites Friday evening in its sixth and final mission of the year. The Ariane 5 GS lifted off from...

Asteroid could hit Mars in January
Posted: Fri, Dec 21 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting the planet Mars in January. The 2007 WD5, estimated to be about 50...

Boeing wins TDRS contract
Posted: Fri, Dec 21 7:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
NASA awarded Boeing a contract Thursday to build a new series of communications satellites for the space agency. The contract has a base value of $...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Thu, Dec 20 11:17 PM ET (0417 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket placed a new Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit Thursday afternoon. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 2 7925-9....

Astronaut's mother dies in accident
Posted: Thu, Dec 20 7:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
The mother of a NASA astronaut currently on the International Space Station was killed in an accident outside Chicago on Wednesday. Rose Tani, mother of...

Faulty connector blamed for shuttle sensor glitches
Posted: Wed, Dec 19 7:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)
A tanking test of the space shuttle on Tuesday allowed engineers to identify the cause of faulty sensor readings that scrubbed two shuttle launch attempts...

ISS spacewalkers inspect solar panel joints again
Posted: Wed, Dec 19 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
Two ISS crew members spent nearly seven hours outside the ISS on Tuesday, inspecting two joints on the station's starboard truss that allow the...