Atlantis launches
Posted: Thu, Feb 7 9:36 PM ET (0236 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Thursday afternoon on a long-delayed mission to deliver a European laboratory module to the International Space Station. Atlantis...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Feb 7 9:24 PM ET (0224 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Thursday with supplies for the station's crew. The Progress M-63 spacecraft docked...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 6 5:15 AM ET (1015 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a new Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur...

Bigelow Aerospace approaching deal for Atlas 5 launches
Posted: Wed, Feb 6 5:06 AM ET (1006 GMT)
Bigelow Aerospace, a company developing inflatable orbital habitats, announced Tuesday it was near a deal to purchase multiple Atlas 5 launches to carry cargo and...

NASA proposes $17.6 billion budget
Posted: Tue, Feb 5 5:10 AM ET (1010 GMT)
The Bush Administration released its fiscal year 2009 budget on Monday, which includes $17.6 billion for NASA, a slight increase over 2008. The budget...

Countdown begins for STS-122 launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 5 4:57 AM ET (0957 GMT)
NASA started the countdown late Monday for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on a long-delayed mission to the ISS, although weather could...

Iran launches rocket, plans satellite launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 5 4:49 AM ET (0949 GMT)
Iran launched a suborbital rocket on Monday to inaugurate a new space center in the country, and announced it was moving ahead with plans to...

NASA presses ahead with Thursday shuttle launch
Posted: Sat, Feb 2 5:06 PM ET (2206 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers have decided to move ahead with plans to launch Atlantis on Thursday after coming up with a fix for a kinked radiator...

Galaxy data used to study dark energy
Posted: Sat, Feb 2 4:59 PM ET (2159 GMT)
Astronomers are using observations of thousands of galaxies to determine if dark energy, a mysterious force thought to be responsive for the acceleration of the...

ULA cuts into Boeing space earnings
Posted: Fri, Feb 1 6:21 AM ET (1121 GMT)
The formation of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) reduced Boeing's space-related revenues and earnings in 2007, the company reported this week. Boeing's...