Atlas launches defense weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 18 9:11 PM ET (0111 GMT)
An Atlas 5 launched a military weather satellite Sunday morning from California. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from a foggy Space Launch Complex-3...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 18 12:14 PM ET (1614 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday evening. The Progress M-03M spacecraft docked with the Pirs airlock module of the...

LCROSS spotted Centaur impact
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 11:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
Officials with NASA's LCROSS mission said Friday that the spacecraft did detect the impact of its Centaur upper stage with the Moon and observe...

IBEX spots high-energy ribbon on solar system's edge
Posted: Fri, Oct 16 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft designed to map the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space has detected a mysterious ribbon of high-energy particles on...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 15 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a modernized Progress spacecraft to the International Space Station Thursday morning. The Soyuz lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

Atlantis rolled out to launch pad
Posted: Thu, Oct 15 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
NASA rolled the space shuttle Atlantis out to the launch pad Wednesday in preparation for its mission to the International Space Station next month. Atlantis...

Hubble reveals galactic collision
Posted: Wed, Oct 14 7:39 AM ET (1139 GMT)
Hubble Space Telescope images of an unusual galaxy released this week have revealed to astronomers that the object is actually the result of a galactic...

Soyuz returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, Oct 11 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two ISS crew members and a space tourist returned to Earth early Sunday. The Soyuz TMA-14 capsule landed at 12:...

LCROSS impacts Moon
Posted: Fri, Oct 9 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft and its upper stage impacted the lunar surface early Friday, but did not create a flash or plume readily visible from the...

Delta 2 launches WorldView-2
Posted: Fri, Oct 9 5:28 AM ET (0928 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a high-resolution commercial remote sensing satellite on Thursday. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force...