Chinese launch strands satellite in transfer orbit
Posted: Mon, Aug 31 8:58 PM ET (0058 GMT)
An upper stage malfunction of a Chinese rocket has stranded its payload, a communications satellite, in a transfer orbit after a launch Monday. The Long...

India declares Chandrayaan-1 mission over
Posted: Mon, Aug 31 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
Officials with the Indian space agency ISRO declared the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter mission over on Sunday, one day after the spacecraft lost contact with...

Discovery docks with ISS
Posted: Mon, Aug 31 7:00 AM ET (1100 GMT)
On the 25th anniversary of its maiden launch, the space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Sunday evening. Discovery docked with the...

Wildfire threatens JPL, Mt. Wilson
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
A massive Southern California wildfire this weekend has closed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and threatens the historic observatory atop Mt. Wilson. The "Station Fire"...

Contact lost with Chandrayaan-1
Posted: Sat, Aug 29 3:01 PM ET (1901 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO reported Saturday that it has lost communications with its first lunar orbiter, raising the possibility of a failure that would...

Discovery launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Aug 29 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
Overcoming technical glitches and poor weather, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off Friday night on a mission to the International Space Station. Discovery launched at...

Ares engine test postponed
Posted: Fri, Aug 28 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
A technical problem forced the company developing the first stage of the Ares 1 launch vehicle from carrying out an engine test on Thursday. ATK...

Shuttle launch pushed to Friday night
Posted: Thu, Aug 27 9:38 PM ET (0138 GMT)
NASA officials decided Thursday to wait another nearly 24 hours before making another attempt to launch the shuttle to further study a faulty valve. Discovery,...

LCROSS problem causes fuel loss
Posted: Wed, Aug 26 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft scheduled to crash into the Moon in October used up much of its onboard fuel because of an attitude control problem over...

Fairing failure kept S. Korean satellite from reaching orbit
Posted: Wed, Aug 26 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
A satellite on South Korea's first orbital launch Tuesday failed to achieve orbit because the rocket's payload fairing failed to separate as planned,...