Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely in Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 8:04...

Loral, Orbital win satellite orders
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Tuesday that they have won contracts for communications satellites. SS/L will build the Anik...

Delta 4 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Fri, May 28 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
A Delta 4 launched the first of a new generation of GPS satellites late Thursday after several earlier attempts were scrubbed. The Delta 4 Medium+ (...

NASA reassigns Constellation manager
Posted: Thu, May 27 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
NASA on Wednesday reassigned the manager of its Constellation exploration program to a new position within the agency. Jeff Hanley, who had been program manager...

Atlantis lands at KSC
Posted: Wed, May 26 5:12 PM ET (2112 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed Wednesday morning at the Kennedy Space Center, ending what is currently scheduled to be the final mission for that orbiter....

NASA ends efforts to contact Phoenix Mars Lander
Posted: Tue, May 25 7:16 AM ET (1116 GMT)
One day before the second anniversary of its landing, NASA officials said they were ending efforts to resume contact with the Phoenix Mars Lander as...

Delta 4 GPS launch scrubbed again
Posted: Tue, May 25 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
The launch of the first of a new series of GPS satellites was postponed again Monday night because of a last-second technical problem with...

Atlantis undocks from ISS
Posted: Sun, May 23 7:39 PM ET (2339 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday, perhaps for the final time. Atlantis undocked from the station at 11:22...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, May 22 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two communications satellites Friday night on the 50th launch for the rocket. The Ariane 5 ECA launched on time at...

STS-132 wraps up final spacewalk
Posted: Sat, May 22 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts completed the exchange of batteries outside the space station during the third and final spacewalk of the STS-132 mission on Friday. Mike...