Countdown begins for STS-132 launch
Posted: Wed, May 12 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
NASA started the countdown Tuesday afternoon for Friday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on what may be that orbiter's final mission. The...

Loral wins Mexican satellite order
Posted: Tue, May 11 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has won a contract to build a new communications satellite for a financially troubled Mexican company. SS/L will build...

NASA tests Orion launch abort system
Posted: Fri, May 7 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
NASA successfully demonstrated on Thursday a launch abort system originally developed for the Orion spacecraft, but whose future use is now uncertain. The Pad Abort...

NASA sets May 14 for Atlantis launch
Posted: Thu, May 6 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
Shuttle managers decided Wednesday to proceed with plans to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on what is scheduled to be its final mission on May...

White House forms task force for Florida space jobs
Posted: Wed, May 5 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
President Barack Obama announced this week the formation of a high-level task force charged with developing a plan for mitigating the economic impacts of...

Failed satellite drifting, still broadcasting
Posted: Wed, May 5 7:23 AM ET (1123 GMT)
A commercial communications satellite that suffered an anomaly last month continues to broadcast while drifting in GEO, posing both collision and interference risks to other...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, May 2 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
The International Space Station crew performed a manual docking of a Progress cargo spacecraft on Saturday after an automated system failed. The Progress M-05M...

Water ice found on asteroid
Posted: Thu, Apr 29 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
Astronomers announced Wednesday that they have detected water ice on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, a discovery that may provide clues...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Apr 29 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS Wednesday night. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Chile selected for giant telescope
Posted: Wed, Apr 28 7:53 AM ET (1153 GMT)
European astronomers have picked a Chilean mountaintop as the future site of what will become the world's largest optical telescope. The European Southern Observatory...