Mars500 simulation concludes
Posted: Sun, Nov 6 9:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
Six men completed on Friday a 520-day simulated Mars mission conducted in a Moscow laboratory. The six men, three from Russia and one each...

Proton launches three GLONASS satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched Friday, carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:51 am EDT (...

China carries out its first space docking
Posted: Thu, Nov 3 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
China docked two spacecraft in orbit for the first time ever on Wednesday when its Shenzhou-8 spacecraft met up with the Tiangong-1 module....

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 2 2:01 PM ET (1801 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday morning. The Progress M-13M spacecraft, designated Progress 45 by NASA, docked with...

China launches uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft
Posted: Tue, Nov 1 6:49 AM ET (1049 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed an uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit early Tuesday on a mission to demonstrate docking technology essential to China's space...

Boeing plans to build commercial capsules at KSC
Posted: Tue, Nov 1 6:39 AM ET (1039 GMT)
Boeing and NASA announced Monday plans by the aerospace company to build its commercial crewed spacecraft in a former shuttle hangar at the Kennedy Space...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 30 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully placed a Progress cargo spacecraft into orbit Sunday, two months after a similar launch failed, thus clearing the way for a...

Delta 2 launches NPP
Posted: Sat, Oct 29 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
In its last currently-scheduled launch, a Delta 2 rocket placed an Earth sciences satellite into orbit on Friday. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off...

Eris and Pluto similar in size
Posted: Fri, Oct 28 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Astronomers have found that the dwarf planet Eris is nearly identical in size to Pluto, making it smaller than expected and likely different in makeup...

ROSAT reentered over Bay of Bengal
Posted: Wed, Oct 26 6:15 AM ET (1015 GMT)
A German astronomy satellite whose decaying orbit was a cause of concern reentered Saturday night over the Bay of Bengal, far away from inhabited landmasses,...