First Japanese cargo spacecraft launched
Posted: Thu, Sep 10 10:04 PM ET (0204 GMT)
Japan's first spacecraft designed to carry cargo to the International Space Station launched on Thursday. The H-2B rocket carrying the first H-2...

NASA-releases post-repair Hubble images
Posted: Thu, Sep 10 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
NASA released on Wednesday some of the first images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope since astronauts repaired the orbiting telescope in May. The images...

Augustine committee releases summary report
Posted: Wed, Sep 9 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
The US cannot undertake any human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit under currently-planned budgets, according to a summary report released Tuesday by a White...

Atlas 5 launches classified satellite
Posted: Wed, Sep 9 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
An Atlas 5 successfully launched a mysterious military satellite Tuesday evening. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from ape Canaveral, Florida at 5:35 pm...

Discovery undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 9 7:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday afternoon, having completed its mission to transfer cargo and perform other work at...

Eutelsat changes launchers for upcoming mission
Posted: Tue, Sep 8 1:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
European communications satellite operator Eutelsat announced Monday that it was switching the launch of its W7 spacecraft from Sea Launch to ILS. Eutelsat said that...

Chandrayaan-1 problems linked to thermal miscalculation
Posted: Mon, Sep 7 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
Last month's failure of India's first lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, may have been caused by excessive temperatures in the spacecraft linked to other...

Spacewalkers complete final STS-128 EVA
Posted: Sun, Sep 6 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Two astronauts completed nearly all of their planned tasks outside the International Space Station during their third and final spacewalk of the STS-128 mission...

SpaceX wins ORBCOMM launch contract
Posted: Sat, Sep 5 3:10 PM ET (1910 GMT)
SpaceX announced this week that it has won a contract to launch a new constellation of communications satellites for ORBCOMM. The contract, announced Thursday, covers...

New ammonia tank bolted to station
Posted: Fri, Sep 4 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
Two astronauts installed a new ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday evening. Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang spent six...