ILS to do first dual-manifested launch
Posted: Fri, Feb 12 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Thursday that it will perform next year its first launch of a pair of communications satellites. A Proton-M next year...

Winds delay SDO launch
Posted: Thu, Feb 11 6:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
High winds Wednesday delayed the launch of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft for at least a day. An Atlas 5 was scheduled to...

Endeavour docks at ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 10 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station shortly after midnight Wednesday. Endeavour docked with the station's Harmony module at 12:...

New evidence for liquid water in Enceladus
Posted: Wed, Feb 10 7:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data from Cassini have detected additional evidence for an ocean of liquid water within Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Researchers reported the discovery...

Endeavour launches
Posted: Mon, Feb 8 6:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off early Monday on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched on schedule at 4:14 am EST (...

Clouds delay shuttle launch
Posted: Sun, Feb 7 11:06 AM ET (1606 GMT)
Sunday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was postponed because of cloud cover, pushing the launch back to Monday. A layer of low,...

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-...