NASA budget released; human spaceflight review announced
Posted: Fri, May 8 7:23 AM ET (1123 GMT)
The Obama Administration released details about its fiscal year 2010 budget request for NASA on Thursday while also announcing that it would carry out an...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, May 8 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station late Thursday. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off at 2:37...

SS/Loral wins contract for AsiaSat 5C
Posted: Thu, May 7 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced late Tuesday that it has won a contract to build a communications satellite for Asian operator AsiaSat that will...

Progress undocks from ISS
Posted: Thu, May 7 7:08 AM ET (1108 GMT)
A Progress spacecraft undocked from the ISS on Wednesday to make room for a new cargo spacecraft to be launched Thursday. The Progress M-66...

Weather delays Minotaur launch
Posted: Wed, May 6 5:25 AM ET (0925 GMT)
The launch of an experimental military satellite and small NASA spacecraft was scrubbed Tuesday because of poor weather. The launch of a Minotaur 1 rocket...

White House to review NASA exploration plan
Posted: Wed, May 6 5:16 AM ET (0916 GMT)
The Obama Administration is expected to order later this week a review of NASA's exploration architecture, specifically the Ares 1 launch vehicle and Orion...

Delta 2 launches missile defense technology satellite
Posted: Tue, May 5 9:39 PM ET (0139 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a technology demonstration satellite for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Tuesday afternoon. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off...

NASA gives formal approval for May 11 shuttle launch
Posted: Fri, May 1 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers approved on Thursday plans to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on May 11 on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope....

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Thu, Apr 30 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed what is believed to be a reconnaissance satellite into orbit late Wednesday. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk...

GRB sets new cosmic distance record
Posted: Wed, Apr 29 9:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
A gamma-ray burst last week is the most distant object ever observed, astronomers announced Tuesday. The burst, GRB 090423, was detected by NASA's...