CryoSat launch delayed
Posted: Fri, Feb 19 8:06 AM ET (1306 GMT)
A technical problem with its Dnepr rocket has delayed the launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 spacecraft, the agency announced Friday. The Dnepr rocket was...

Station's cupola opened
Posted: Wed, Feb 17 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
Spacewalkers removed covers and unlocked shutters that allowed astronauts on the International Space Station to open its new cupola for the first time early Wednesday....

Next shuttle mission postponed
Posted: Wed, Feb 17 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
Processing delays caused by cold weather in Florida have forced NASA to postpone the next shuttle mission to early April, the agency announced Tuesday. NASA...

Astronauts move cupola, docking port
Posted: Tue, Feb 16 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
Astronauts on the International Space Station moved a docking port to the new Tranquility module, a day after repositioning a cupola to its final location...

Second STS-130 completed, mission extended
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 6:12 PM ET (2312 GMT)
Two astronauts completed the second of three EVAs for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station early Sunday, outfitting the exterior of the...

Spirit parked for the winter
Posted: Sun, Feb 14 1:45 PM ET (1845 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has reached its final parking position on the Martian surface prior to the upcoming winter season and may soon go...

Tranquility module added to ISS
Posted: Fri, Feb 12 8:41 PM ET (0141 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts help install a new module to the International Space Station in the early morning hours of Friday. Bob Behnken and Nick Patrick spent...

Proton launches Intelsat spacecraft
Posted: Fri, Feb 12 8:24 PM ET (0124 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched an Intelsat communications satellite early Friday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:39 pm...

Atlas launches SDO
Posted: Fri, Feb 12 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
An Atlas 5 successfully launched NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft on Thursday. The Atlas 5 401 rocket lifted off at 10:23 am...

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...