Rockot launches three satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 9 6:59 AM ET (1059 GMT)
A Russian Rockot vehicle launched three small satellites for the Russian government. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 11:...

Weather delays Progress launch
Posted: Thu, Sep 9 6:46 AM ET (1046 GMT)
Russian officials postponed Wednesday's scheduled launch of a Progress cargo spacecraft because of high winds. Roskosmos rescheduled the Soyuz launch of the Progress M-...

Water break delays shuttle rollover
Posted: Thu, Sep 9 6:38 AM ET (1038 GMT)
Wednesday's scheduled rollover of the space shuttle Discovery to the Vehicle Assembly Building was postponed because of a water break that closed the Kennedy...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Sep 5 2:56 PM ET (1856 GMT)
A Long March rocket successfully launched a Chinese communications satellite early Sunday. The Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at...

Canadian astronaut named ISS commander
Posted: Sun, Sep 5 2:44 PM ET (1844 GMT)
A Canadian astronaut will become commander of the International Space Station for the first time in 2013, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday....

Proton launches Glonass satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 2 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A Proton rocket placed three Glonass satellites into orbit on Thursday, bringing the satellite navigation system nearly to full operation. The Proton-M rocket lifted...

NASA tests five-segment solid rocket motor
Posted: Thu, Sep 2 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
NASA and ATK successfully test-fired a five-segment solid rocket motor originally developed for the Ares 1 but whose current fate is uncertain. The...

Backup thrusters to put military satellite in final orbit
Posted: Tue, Aug 31 9:48 AM ET (1348 GMT)
The US Air Force said Monday that it has developed a backup plan to put a new communications satellite into its desired orbit after the...

NASA awards contracts for suborbital test flights
Posted: Tue, Aug 31 9:31 AM ET (1331 GMT)
NASA announced Monday it has awarded contracts to two entrepreneurial space companies to perform experimental test flights of suborbital launch vehicles. The contracts, totaling $475,...

Kepler finds two exoplanets around same star
Posted: Fri, Aug 27 9:17 AM ET (1317 GMT)
Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of at least two extrasolar planets transiting the same star as seen by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. The planets were...