US to use missiles to destroy failed spysat
Posted: Fri, Feb 15 7:43 AM ET (1243 GMT)
The US military, at the direction of the White House, plan to use one or more missiles to destroy a failed reconnaissance satellite before it...

Astronomers find Jupiter- and Saturn-like exoplanets around distant star
Posted: Fri, Feb 15 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
A collaboration of professional and amateur astronomers has discovered two exoplanets, smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn, orbiting a distant star. Astronomers used a technique...

Report: US planning to destroy ailing spysat
Posted: Thu, Feb 14 2:04 PM ET (1904 GMT)
The US military is making plans to fire missiles at a defunct reconnaissance satellite in a decaying orbit, the AP reported Thursday. The satellite, known...

Second STS-122 EVA a success
Posted: Thu, Feb 14 6:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
Two astronauts, including a German who had reportedly fallen ill earlier in the mission, carried out a successful spacewalk on Wednesday, replacing a nitrogen tank...

Japanese satellite launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Feb 14 6:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
The launch of an experimental broadband communications satellite, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed because of a technical problem, Japanese officials said Wednesday. The Kizuna (...

Astronauts open up Columbus, prepare for second EVA
Posted: Wed, Feb 13 10:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
Astronauts on the International Space Station opened up their newest module on Tuesday as two astronauts prepared for the second spacewalk of the STS-122...

Proton launches Norwegian satellite
Posted: Tue, Feb 12 6:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched a Norwegian communications satellite on Monday after a one-day delay. The Proton-M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Monday...

Columbus installed on ISS
Posted: Tue, Feb 12 6:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
The crew of the shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station, including two spacewalking astronauts, attached the European lab module Columbus to the station on...

Proton launch delayed a day
Posted: Sun, Feb 10 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
The launch of a Norwegian communications satellite has been delayed a day because of a technical problem, Russian officials said Sunday. The Proton-M rocket...

Shuttle docks with ISS; first EVA delayed
Posted: Sat, Feb 9 8:06 PM ET (0106 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, but a spacewalk planned for Sunday to help install the new Columbus...