Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth
Posted: Fri, Nov 26 10:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers safely landed early Friday in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft landed northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, as planned...

NASA postpones shuttle launch to at least mid-December
Posted: Thu, Nov 25 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers announced Wednesday they were delaying the launch of the shuttle Discovery once again, this time to no earlier than mid-December, as...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Nov 25 9:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
China launched Thursday a communications satellite believed to be dedicated to military applications. The Long March 3A rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch...

SpaceX receives commercial reentry license
Posted: Tue, Nov 23 7:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
SpaceX announced Monday that it has received a reentry license for its Dragon spacecraft, a key regulatory milestone towards the first demonstration flight of its...

Delta 4 launches spysat
Posted: Mon, Nov 22 7:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
A Delta 4 Heavy placed a classified satellite into orbit Sunday evening. The Delta 4 Heavy lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:58...

Minotaur 4 launches technology demonstration satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 8:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
A Minotaur 4 successfully placed a group of civil and military science and technology demonstration satellites into orbit Friday night. The Minotaur 4 lifted off...

Delta 4 launch postponed
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 8:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
The launch of a classified spacecraft on a Delta 4 Heavy was postponed Friday because of a fueling problem. The Delta 4 Heavy was scheduled...

First extrasolar planet from another galaxy found
Posted: Fri, Nov 19 7:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday the discovery of an extrasolar planet that originated outside the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers detected the planet, with a mass at least...

Shuttle launch delayed further
Posted: Fri, Nov 19 6:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
NASA announced late Thursday that it has pushed back the launch of the space shuttle Discovery to no earlier than December 3 as it continues...

Scientists confirm Hayabusa returned asteroid samples
Posted: Wed, Nov 17 6:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
Japanese scientists have determined that dust particles returned to Earth by the Hayabusa spacecraft are from an asteroid the spacecraft visited, the Japanese space agency...