Shuttle ready for Saturday launch
Posted: Sat, May 31 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
Managers declared the space shuttle Discovery ready for launch Saturday afternoon on a mission to deliver a Japanese lab module to the ISS. Discovery is...

Khrunichev acquires majority stake in ILS
Posted: Fri, May 30 6:02 AM ET (1002 GMT)
The manufacturer of the Proton launch vehicle has acquired a majority interest in the company that markets the vehicle to commercial customers. Khrunichev State Research...

Astrium wins earth sciences satellite contract
Posted: Fri, May 30 5:56 AM ET (0956 GMT)
ESA awarded EADAS Astrium a contract this week for the development of an earth sciences satellite designed to study clouds and aerosols. The €263-...

Phoenix arm begins deployment
Posted: Thu, May 29 5:47 AM ET (0947 GMT)
The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began its deployment on Wednesday after project engineers worked around a communications glitch that temporarily slowed...

Countdown begins for shuttle launch
Posted: Thu, May 29 5:32 AM ET (0932 GMT)
NASA started the countdown Wednesday for Saturday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery while making a last-minute addition to the orbiter's...

Communications glitch slows Phoenix work
Posted: Wed, May 28 6:25 AM ET (1025 GMT)
A problem with a communications relay between Earth and the Phoenix Mars Lander slowed the checkout of the spacecraft, although both Phoenix and an orbiting...

Von Braun team member Stuhlinger dies
Posted: Wed, May 28 6:10 AM ET (1010 GMT)
Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last surviving members of Wernher von Braun's rocket team who came to America after World War 2 dies over...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Tue, May 27 9:48 PM ET (0148 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a polar-orbiting weather satellite Tuesday that will be used to improve weather forecasts for the upcoming Olympics in Beijing....

MRO takes picture of Phoenix entry
Posted: Mon, May 26 8:17 PM ET (0017 GMT)
NASA released Monday a stunning image of Phoenix as it descended towards the Martian surface, taken by another orbiting spacecraft. The high-resolution camera on...

Phoenix lands on Mars
Updated: Sun, May 25 11:09 PM ET (0309 GMT)
Originally Posted: Sun, May 25 9:13 PM ET (0113 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down on the northern plains of the Red Planet Sunday afternoon. Signals from the spacecraft, relayed through the...