Ministers approve ESA spending plans
Posted: Thu, Nov 27 11:44 AM ET (1644 GMT)
Ministers of member nations of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved Wednesday a €10-billion (US$13-billion) spending plan for the agency that...

Enceladus jets may be linked to liquid water
Posted: Thu, Nov 27 11:31 AM ET (1631 GMT)
Jets of dust and gas ejected from the Saturnian moon Enceladus may be generated by liquid water below the moon's icy surface, a finding...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 26 6:45 PM ET (2345 GMT)
A new version of a Progress spacecraft was launched early Wednesday carrying supplies for the International Space Station. A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-...

NASA pleased with station repairs
Posted: Wed, Nov 26 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
NASA officials said Tuesday that they were very happy with the status of repairs made to both a problematic joint on the International Space Station...

Spacewalkers complete station work; mission extended
Posted: Tue, Nov 25 7:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
Astronauts completed work repairing a troublesome joint outside the International Space Station on Monday while mission controllers extended the shuttle's mission there a day....

SpaceX performs Falcon 9 engine test
Posted: Mon, Nov 24 8:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
SpaceX carried out a successful full-length test of the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Saturday night, scaring some Texas residents...

Third spacewalk nearly completes SARJ cleaning
Posted: Sun, Nov 23 10:06 AM ET (1506 GMT)
Two astronauts spent nearly seven hours outside the ISS Saturday, almost completing cleaning of a balky joint on the station. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve...

Orion launch abort motor tested
Posted: Sat, Nov 22 3:42 PM ET (2042 GMT)
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) successfully tested on Thursday the motor that will be used in the launch abort system for NASA's Orion spacecraft. The 5....

Sea Launch, Intelsat sign multi-launch agreement
Posted: Sat, Nov 22 3:31 PM ET (2031 GMT)
Communications satellite operator Intelsat signed an agreement this week with Sea Launch for the launch of five spacecraft in the coming years. The agreement, announced...

Second STS-126 spacewalk a success
Posted: Fri, Nov 21 8:21 AM ET (1321 GMT)
Two astronauts marked the tenth anniversary of the launch of the first module of the International Space Station by performing a spacewalk outside the orbiting...