Phoenix in safe mode
Posted: Sat, Nov 1 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft is in a protective safe mode but is communicating again, project officials said this week. Phoenix apparently entered the...

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'...