Proton launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 25 11:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a US-built communications satellite on Saturday. The Proton-M rocket lifted off at 7:19 am EDT (1119 GMT,...

Atlas 5 launches X-37
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket launched a secretive military spaceplane Thursday evening. The Atlas 5 501 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:52 pm...

Atlantis rolled out to pad for STS-132
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
NASA rolled out the space shuttle Atlantis for what may be the final time Thursday in preparation for its launch next month. Atlantis, attached to...

NASA releases first Sun images from SDO
Posted: Fri, Apr 23 6:37 AM ET (1037 GMT)
NASA unveiled on Wednesday the first images of the Sun taken by the new Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. The images, project scientists said, show...

Shuttle lands in Florida
Posted: Tue, Apr 20 2:42 PM ET (1842 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery landed in Florida Tuesday morning after weather conditions improved enough to permit a landing there. Discovery touched down at the Shuttle...

Weather postpones shuttle landing
Posted: Mon, Apr 19 1:28 PM ET (1728 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery will spend an extra day in orbit after clouds and rain scrubbed a planned landing Monday morning at the Kennedy Space...

Shuttle undocks, prepares for trip home
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 8:32 PM ET (0032 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station on Saturday in preparation for a landing in Florida on Monday. Discovery undocked from the...

Russia launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 8:01 PM ET (0001 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a military reconnaissance satellite late Friday. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia at 11:...

President sets asteroid, Mars goals for NASA human spaceflight
Posted: Fri, Apr 16 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
President Barack Obama directed NASA on Thursday to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 as a precursor to Mars missions a decade later. Obama,...

Upgraded GSLV launch fails
Posted: Fri, Apr 16 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
The first launch of a new version of India's largest launch vehicle, featuring an indigenously-developed upper stage, failed on Thursday when the upper...