Arianespace wins two launch contracts
Posted: Thu, Jun 18 5:42 AM ET (0942 GMT)
Arianespace announced this week that it had won two contracts to launch communications satellites for Asian companies. Arianespace will launch the ABS-2 satellite for...

Shuttle launch postponed until July
Posted: Wed, Jun 17 5:51 AM ET (0951 GMT)
NASA scrubbed Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after another gaseous hydrogen leak developed similar but not identical to the one that...

Endeavour cleared for Wednesday launch
Posted: Mon, Jun 15 9:48 PM ET (0148 GMT)
NASA announced Monday afternoon that the next attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour will take place Wednesday morning, forcing at least a one-day...

NASA to make shuttle launch decision Monday
Posted: Sun, Jun 14 10:10 PM ET (0210 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said late Sunday that they will make a decision no later than Monday afternoon about when to make the next attempt to...

Hydrogen leak scrubs shuttle launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
NASA postponed Saturday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after detecting a hydrogen leak several hours before the scheduled liftoff time. Endeavour was on...

Stars found in eccentric orbits around galaxy
Posted: Fri, Jun 12 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week the discovery of a family of stars in unusual eccentric orbits around the galaxy, including one star that may have originated...

Kaguya impacts lunar surface
Posted: Thu, Jun 11 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
A Japanese spacecraft completed its mission Wednesday by crashing to the lunar surface. The Japanese space agency JAXA confirmed that the Kaguya spacecraft hit the...

Countdown begins for Endeavour launch
Posted: Thu, Jun 11 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
The countdown started Wednesday for Saturday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. The countdown started...

ISS astronauts perform internal spacewalk
Posted: Wed, Jun 10 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew carried out a brief spacewalk early Wednesday without ever leaving the station. Station commander Gennady Padalka...

House committee maintains NASA budget cut
Posted: Wed, Jun 10 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2010 spending bill Tuesday that maintains a large cut in NASA's exploration budget made by a subcommittee last...