NASA selects asteroid sample return mission
Posted: Thu, May 26 7:20 AM ET (1120 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it will launch a robotic mission in 2016 to fly to a near Earth asteroid and return a sample to Earth....

Astronauts perform third STS-134 spacewalk
Posted: Thu, May 26 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
Two astronauts spent nearly seven hours outside the International Space Station on Wednesday completing a variety of tasks. During a spacewalk that lasted six hours...

NASA ends efforts to contact Spirit rover
Posted: Wed, May 25 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
NASA will end efforts this month to restore communications with the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, effectively ending a mission that started over seven years ago....

NASA to transition Orion contract to MPCV
Posted: Wed, May 25 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that it will transition existing contracts for the Orion crew exploration vehicle to the new Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) program established...

Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan
Posted: Tue, May 24 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three ISS crewmembers landed safely in Kazakhstan early Tuesday, several hours after performing an unprecedented photographic survey of the station and...

Spacewalkers complete marathon second spacewalk
Posted: Mon, May 23 6:39 AM ET (1039 GMT)
Astronauts spent over eight hours outside the International Space Station on Sunday carrying out several tasks, including dealing with balky covers on a space station...

Endeavour cleared for reentry
Posted: Sun, May 22 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
Shuttle managers announced Saturday they have cleared the shuttle Endeavour for a return to Earth at the end of this month after concluding a damaged...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, May 21 9:41 AM ET (1341 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket launched communications satellites for India and a Signapore-Taiwan venture on Friday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French...

Proton launches communications satellite
Posted: Sat, May 21 9:27 AM ET (1327 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched an American commercial communications satellite early Saturday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:15 pm...

Astronauts complete first STS-134 spacewalk
Posted: Sat, May 21 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
Two astronauts spent more than six hours outside the International Space Station Friday performing maintenance on the station. Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff spent six...