SpaceX Falcon 1 launch a success
Posted: Mon, Sep 29 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
After three failed launches since 2006, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket successfully placed a payload in orbit Sunday night. The Falcon 1 rocket lifted off...

Shenzhou 7 returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 10:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
China's third human spaceflight mission came to a successful conclusion Sunday when the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft safely landed in northern China. The Shenzhou 7...

Chinese astronaut performs first spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 9:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A Chinese astronaut carried out that country's first EVA on Saturday, making a brief trip outside the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. Zhai Zhigang, one of...

Senate passes NASA authorization bill
Posted: Sat, Sep 27 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
The US Senate passed late Thursday authorizing legislation for NASA that includes a provision calling for an additional shuttle flight. The NASA Authorization Act of...

China launches third manned mission
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
China launched on Thursday Shenzhou 7, its third human spaceflight mission and the first to conduct a spacewalk. The Long March 2F rocket lifted off...

Russia launches 3 GLONASS satellites
Posted: Fri, Sep 26 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched three Russian navigation satellites on Thursday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:49 am EDT (...

House passes extension of NASA INKSNA waiver
Posted: Thu, Sep 25 8:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
The House of Representatives passed a spending bill on Tuesday that includes a provision allowing NASA to continue to purchase Soyuz and Progress spacecraft from...

NASA delays next shuttle launches
Posted: Thu, Sep 25 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it plans to postpone the next two shuttle missions by several days to make up for training time lost due to...

Sea Launch puts Intelsat satellite in orbit
Posted: Thu, Sep 25 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
A Sea Launch rocket successfully placed a new communications satellite for Intelsat into orbit early Wednesday. The Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the Odyssey...

Iridium to merge with arm of investment bank
Posted: Wed, Sep 24 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Satellite communications company Iridium Satellite LLC will merge with an affiliate of an investment bank in a move that serves as an alternative to an...