Bolden nominated for NASA administrator
Posted: Sat, May 23 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
The White House announced Saturday morning that it has nominated former astronaut Charles Bolden as NASA administrator. Bolden first emerged as a candidate for the...

Shuttle to stay in orbit another day
Posted: Sat, May 23 10:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
NASA managers decided Saturday morning to keep the shuttle Atlantis in orbit for an additional day in the hops that weather conditions will improve enough...

Shuttle landing postponed
Posted: Fri, May 22 1:40 PM ET (1740 GMT)
NASA postponed Friday's scheduled landing of the space shuttle Atlantis by a day because of poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center. Shuttle managers...

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Fri, May 22 5:27 AM ET (0927 GMT)
A Soyuz-2 rocket successfully launched a military communications satellite early Friday. The Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

Weather could delay shuttle landing
Posted: Thu, May 21 8:29 PM ET (0029 GMT)
Poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida could keep the shuttle aloft for an extra day and possibly force it to land in...

Mars water could have been cold and salty
Posted: Thu, May 21 6:43 AM ET (1043 GMT)
Liquid water may have existed on Mars early in its history even at sub-freezing temperatures because of the presence of ions in the water....

ESA unveils new astronauts
Posted: Thu, May 21 6:27 AM ET (1027 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Wednesday six new astronauts, including the first British and Danish members of the European astronaut corps. The six new European...

Minotaur launches TacSat-3
Posted: Wed, May 20 6:53 AM ET (1053 GMT)
A Minotaur rocket successfully launched an experimental military satellite and small NASA spacecraft Tuesday evening. The Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur 1 lifted off from the...

Shuttle releases repaired Hubble
Posted: Wed, May 20 6:38 AM ET (1038 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis released the Hubble Space Telescope on Tuesday after astronauts successfully completed five days' worth of repairs to the venerable space observatory....

Hubble repairs completed on final spacewalk
Posted: Tue, May 19 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT)
Astronauts worked on the Hubble Space Telescope for the final time on Monday, wrapping up repairs to the spacecraft that will allow it to continue...