STS-130 countdown underway
Posted: Fri, Feb 5 6:51 PM ET (2351 GMT)
NASA is proceeding with the countdown towards Sunday morning's launch of the shuttle Endeavour without any major technical or weather concerns. Endeavour is scheduled...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Feb 5 6:33 PM ET (2333 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday night. The Progress M-04M spacecraft (designated Progress 36 by NASA) docked with...

NASA extends Cassini mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 6:19 AM ET (1119 GMT)
The Cassini spacecraft will continue its studies of Saturn and its moons through 2017 under a mission extension NASA announced Wednesday. Cassini, launched in 1997,...

Iran launches rocket carrying animals into space
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 6:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
The Iranian government said Wednesday that it had launched a rocket carrying a capsule with a number of animals in it into space. The Kavoshgar-...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 10:45 pm EST Tuesday (0345...

NASA awards commercial crew funds
Posted: Wed, Feb 3 7:27 AM ET (1227 GMT)
As NASA begins plans to rely on commercial providers to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, the agency awarded Monday $50 million to five companies...

NPOESS program restructured
Posted: Tue, Feb 2 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
A weather satellite program that has suffered from delays and cost overruns will be restructured in the administration's budget request, unwinding a controversial joint...

NASA budget proposal would cancel Constellation
Posted: Mon, Feb 1 7:27 PM ET (0027 GMT)
The White House released its proposed fiscal year 2011 budget Monday that included a radical new proposal to end NASA's Constellation program. The $19-...

SpaceX wins contract for Israeli satellite launch
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 6:21 AM ET (1121 GMT)
SpaceX, seeking to gain a foothold in the commercial GEO satellite launch market, announced this week that it won a contract to launch an Israeli...

Eutelsat spacecraft suffers anomaly
Posted: Fri, Jan 29 6:09 AM ET (1109 GMT)
A Eutelsat communications satellite suffered a technical problem late Wednesday, disrupting broadcasting services. The Eutelsat W2 spacecraft, located at 16 degrees east in GEO, went...