EPOXI flies past comet Hartley 2
Posted: Fri, Nov 5 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
NASA's EPOXI mission provided scientists with the first close-up views of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 on Thursday, revealing a small, elongated...

China launches weather satellite
Posted: Fri, Nov 5 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese weather satellite into polar orbit early Friday, continuing a record-setting string of launches by the country. The...

Weather delays STS-133 launch to Friday
Posted: Thu, Nov 4 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
NASA decided early Thursday to delay the launch of the space shuttle Discovery until Friday because of poor weather in Florida. The agency had hoped...

STS-133 launch delayed to at least Thursday
Posted: Wed, Nov 3 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT)
Shuttle managers late Tuesday decided to postpone the launch of the shuttle Discovery to at least Thursday to check an issue with a main engine...

Russia launches communications satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 3 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT)
A Soyuz 2 rocket launched a Russian military communications satellite on Tuesday. The Soyuz 2-1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

Delta 2 launch postponed
Posted: Tue, Nov 2 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
The launch of an Italian remote sensing satellite on a Delta 2 was scrubbed Monday night because of a last-minute technical glitch. The Delta...

China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 2 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
China launched early Monday the latest in a series of navigation satellites. The Long March 3C carrying a Beidou satellite lifted off from Xichang Satellite...

Countdown begins for STS-133
Posted: Mon, Nov 1 1:36 PM ET (1736 GMT)
NASA started the countdown Sunday for Wednesday afternoon's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery on its final mission. Shuttle managers have their approval...

Sea Launch exits Chapter 11
Posted: Sun, Oct 31 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Sea Launch Company, a commercial launch provider that entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009, exited Chapter 11 last week under primarily Russian ownership. Energia...

Progress docked to ISS manually
Posted: Sun, Oct 31 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft carrying supplies docked with the International Space Station on Saturday after a cosmonaut on the station took manual control of the...