Atlas launches military communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 4 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the second in a new series of military communications satellites Friday night. The Atlas 5 421 lifted off at...

Next ISS tourist could fly this fall
Posted: Sat, Apr 4 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
The US company that has brokered flights for commercial passengers to the International Space Station said Friday that despite reports of a lack of available...

Proton launches European communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 4 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully placed a European communications satellite into orbit late Friday. The Proton M rocket lifted off on schedule at 12:24 pm...

NASA inspector general resigns
Posted: Fri, Apr 3 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
NASA inspector general Robert Cobb, who had attracted controversy and criticism from members of Congress, announced Thursday that he will resign from the space agency....

LRO/LCROSS launch delayed to June
Posted: Thu, Apr 2 9:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
Delays in the launch of a military spacecraft has pushed back the launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission until June. LRO and...

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...