Atlantis rolled out to pad for Hubble mission
Posted: Wed, Apr 1 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
NASA rolled the space shuttle Atlantis to its launch pad Tuesday for a long-delayed mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis, attached to...

Atlas launch rescheduled for Friday
Posted: Tue, Mar 31 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
The launch a military communications satellite on an Atlas 5 has been rescheduled for Friday after engineers replaced a leaking valve in the rocket's...

Shuttle lands in Florida
Posted: Sat, Mar 28 5:02 PM ET (2102 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery landed in Florida Saturday afternoon, ending a nearly two-week assembly mission to the International Space Station. Discovery landed at the...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Sat, Mar 28 3:43 PM ET (1943 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two ISS crew members and a space tourist docked with the space station Saturday morning after switching from an automated approach...

Discovery cleared for Saturday landing
Posted: Fri, Mar 27 9:46 PM ET (0146 GMT)
NASA said Friday that the space shuttle Discovery was cleared to land Saturday, ending a mission that added a key component to the International Space...

NASA Marshall director steps down
Posted: Fri, Mar 27 9:40 PM ET (0140 GMT)
The director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center stepped down from his post Thursday, ending a 25-year career with the space agency. David...

Soyuz launches ISS crew, tourist
Posted: Fri, Mar 27 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a spacecraft Thursday carrying replacement ISS crew members and a returning space tourist. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur...

Scientists trace meteorite origins
Posted: Thu, Mar 26 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
Planetary scientists have for the first time linked an asteroid observed before it entered the Earth's atmosphere to meteorite fragments found in Africa. The...

Globalstar secures support for new financing
Posted: Thu, Mar 26 5:58 AM ET (0958 GMT)
Mobile satellite operator Globalstar announced Wednesday that it has won support from a French government agency for a new round of credit needed for the...

Shuttle undocks from station
Posted: Wed, Mar 25 10:13 PM ET (0213 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday afternoon, having completed its mission to add the final set of solar panels to...