Ulysses mission ends
Posted: Tue, Jul 7 6:16 AM ET (1016 GMT)
Spacecraft controllers shut down the ESA/NASA Ulysses spacecraft last week, ending a nearly 18-year mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft, launched by...

Ariane 5 launches massive communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Jul 2 3:57 AM ET (0757 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket launched the heaviest commercial communications satellite on Wednesday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 1:52 pm EDT (1752 GMT)...

Shuttle passes tanking test
Posted: Thu, Jul 2 3:43 AM ET (0743 GMT)
NASA carried out a successful tanking test with the space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday, clearing the way for a launch attempt on July 11. Shuttle...

Proton launches satellite radio spacecraft
Posted: Wed, Jul 1 4:24 AM ET (0824 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched early Wednesday a new spacecraft for US satellite radio company Sirius XM. The Proton-M lifted off at 3:10 pm...

NASA announces new astronaut class
Posted: Tue, Jun 30 2:47 AM ET (0647 GMT)
NASA announced Monday a new class of nine astronauts, the first exclusively post-shuttle group of astronauts. The nine people, ranging in age from 30...

Delta 4 launches weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Jun 28 5:33 AM ET (0933 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket successfully placed the latest US weather satellite into orbit Saturday evening. The Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) vehicle lifted off at...

Salty plumes raise prospects for liquid water in Enceladus
Posted: Thu, Jun 25 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
Scientists have detected sodium salts in material ejected by Saturn's moon Enceladus, a finding that makes it more likely that the moon had liquid...

Sea Launch files for Chapter 11
Posted: Wed, Jun 24 1:49 PM ET (1749 GMT)
Commercial launch services company Sea Launch filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Monday but said it would continue operations at it restructured the company....

LRO enters lunar orbit
Posted: Wed, Jun 24 1:41 PM ET (1741 GMT)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft entered orbit around the Moon early Tuesday. NASA confirmed that LRO had inserted itself into lunar orbit at...

Land Launch places Malaysian satellite in orbit
Posted: Mon, Jun 22 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
Land Launch successfully launched a communications satellite for a Malaysian company early Monday. A Zenit-3SLB lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...