NASA awards contracts for four launches
Posted: Tue, Mar 17 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
NASA awarded United Launch Alliance contracts Monday for launches of four satellites. NASA will use Atlas 5 rockets to launch two science missions, the Radiation...

Shuttle set for station docking
Posted: Tue, Mar 17 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery is on track to dock with the International Space Station on Tuesday afternoon after concerns about a piece of orbital debris...

GOCE launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Mar 16 9:05 PM ET (0105 GMT)
The launch of a European earth sciences satellite Monday was scrubbed in the final seconds of the countdown because of a glitch with the launch...

Shuttle lifts off
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 10:00 PM ET (0200 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery launched Sunday evening on a mission to the International Space Station. Discovery lifted off on schedule at 7:43 pm EDT (...

Mars orbiter's computer rebooted
Posted: Fri, Mar 13 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft successfully rebooted its computer system this week, a process designed in part to restore a set of backup systems for...

Debris passes near ISS
Posted: Thu, Mar 12 9:43 PM ET (0143 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station sheltered in the Soyuz capsule docked to the station for a brief time Thursday as a precaution as...

STS-119 launch postponed
Posted: Wed, Mar 11 8:59 PM ET (0059 GMT)
Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery was scrubbed several hours before liftoff because of a hydrogen leak, pushing the launch back to...

ISS crew performs spacewalk
Posted: Wed, Mar 11 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew carried out a spacewalk Tuesday, performing several tasks outside the station in advance of upcoming Shuttle...

Iridium replaces satellite lost in collision
Posted: Wed, Mar 11 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Iridium Satellite LLC announced Monday that it has replaced a satellite destroyed in a collision with a Russian satellite last month with an on-orbit...

Countdown begins for shuttle launch
Posted: Mon, Mar 9 1:51 PM ET (1751 GMT)
The countdown for Wednesday night's launch of the shuttle Discovery on a mission to the International Space Station started as planned Sunday evening. The...