Next shuttle mission cleared for launch
Posted: Sat, Nov 1 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday that the space shuttle Endeavour was cleared for launch in mid-November on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour is...

Hubble back in service but repair mission delayed
Posted: Fri, Oct 31 1:59 PM ET (1759 GMT)
The Hubble Space Telescope has resumed scientific observations, project officials said Thursday, although a repair mission to the orbiting telescope has been further delayed. Hubble...

China launches Venezuelan communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 31 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Chinese rocket successfully launched a Chinese-built communications satellite for Venezuela on Thursday. The Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite...

Phoenix lander enters survival mode
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft is starting to shut down some of its systems in a effort to extend the life of the mission...

China launches research satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 26 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a pair of experimental research satellites on Saturday. The Long March 4B lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center...

Armadillo Aerospace wins Lunar Lander Challenge prize
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
Entrepreneurial space company Armadillo Aerospace captured the $350,000 first prize in Level 1 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge on Friday. The Texas-...

Delta launches Italian satellite
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket launched the third in a series of Italian remote sensing satellites Friday night. The Delta 2 7420-10 lifted off from...

Soyuz lands on target
Posted: Fri, Oct 24 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American commercial passenger landed safely in Kazakhstan early Friday, avoiding reentry problems that plagued two previous...

Hubble ready to resume observations
Posted: Fri, Oct 24 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
NASA is on track to restore the Hubble Space Telescope to scientific operations as soon as this weekend, agency officials said Thursday. The orbiting telescope'...

ICO wins lawsuit against Boeing
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 9:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
A California jury awarded satellite operator ICO over $370 million in a suit against Boeing regarding a contract to manufacture a constellation of communications satellites....