Mars soil finally reaches Phoenix oven
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft was finally able to shake enough soil from a sample collected last week to fill an experiment oven within...

Shuttle undocks from ISS, prepares for trip home
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday morning and its crew performed an inspection of its exterior in advance of its...

Orbital picks Wallops for Taurus 2 launches
Posted: Tue, Jun 10 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Monday that it has selected Wallops Island in Virginia as the launch site for its planned Taurus 2 launch vehicle, picking...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Jun 10 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a French-built communications satellite on Monday that will be used to provide TV coverage of the upcoming Olympics. The...

Astronauts complete final STS-124 EVA
Posted: Mon, Jun 9 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Two astronauts carried out the third and final spacewalk of the STS-124 shuttle mission on Sunday, completing a variety of tasks outside the International...

Kibo logistics module, arm checked out
Posted: Sun, Jun 8 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
Space station and space shuttle astronauts installed a logistics module for the Japanese lab module Kibo and checked out the new module's robotic arm...

Glitch stymies Phoenix sample analysis
Posted: Sun, Jun 8 10:04 AM ET (1404 GMT)
The first sample of Martian soil intended for analysis failed to reach instruments on the Phoenix Mars Lander, perhaps because the soil is clumpier than...

Spacewalkers outfit Kibo exterior
Posted: Fri, Jun 6 7:35 PM ET (2335 GMT)
A pair of spacewalking astronauts spent over seven hours outside the International Space Station on Thursday, working on the exterior of the station's newest...

Astronauts open Kibo module
Posted: Thu, Jun 5 2:06 PM ET (1806 GMT)
Astronauts on the International Space Station opened a new lab module on Wednesday while also repairing the station's toilet. The Kibo module, added to...

House committee approves NASA authorization bill
Posted: Thu, Jun 5 1:53 PM ET (1753 GMT)
A committee of the US House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would authorize additional funding for NASA but also require the space agency...