Methane detected on exoplanet
Posted: Thu, Mar 20 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
Astronomers have detected evidence of methane in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet, the first organic molecule discovered on a planet outside our solar system....

Arthur C. Clarke passes away
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
Arthur C. Clarke, the legendary science fiction author and inventor of the concept of the geosynchronous communications satellite, passed away Wednesday in Sri Lanka at...

Dextre moved into position on ISS
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
The crews of the shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station moved the newly-assembled Dextre manipulator to its new home on the ISS Tuesday...

Spacewalkers complete outfitting of Dextre
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 8:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts spent nearly seven hours outside the ISS late Monday night, finishing work to prepare the Dextre robotic manipulator for work on the station....

Astrium and Khrunichev win Russian satellite deal
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
A partnership of EADS Astrium and Khrunichev Space Center have won a contract to deliver and launch a new large communications satellite for a Russian...

Dextre assembled during EVA
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts attached the arms for the Dextre remote manipulator during a seven-hour spacewalk Saturday night. STS-123 astronauts Richard Linnehan and Mike Foreman...

Proton launch fails
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 10:25 AM ET (1425 GMT)
A Proton launch of commercial communications satellite failed early Saturday when the rocket's upper stage shut down prematurely, stranding the satellite in a transfer...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a new GPS satellite early Saturday. The Delta 2 7925-9.5 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 2:...

Japanese module added to ISS
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour added a Japanese lab module to the International Space Station early Friday after a seven-hour spacewalk by...

Atlas launches classified satellite from Vandenberg
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2:14 PM ET (1814 GMT)
An Atlas 5, on its first mission from the West Coast, successfully launched a classified satellite early Thursday. The Atlas 5 411 lifted off at...