Astronauts test tile repair techniques on EVA
Posted: Fri, Mar 21 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
Two astronauts successfully tested tools that could be used to repair damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system during a six-and-a-half-...

Canada delays decision on MDA sale
Posted: Fri, Mar 21 9:32 AM ET (1332 GMT)
The Canadian government on Thursday extended the deadline for its decision on approving the sale of the space unit of a Canadian company to an...

Zenit-3SL launches HDTV satellite
Posted: Thu, Mar 20 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
A Sea Launch rocket success launched a new satellite designed to provide HDTV programming to customers in the US. The Zenit-3SL lifted off from...

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...