Shenzhou-8 returns to Earth
Posted: Fri, Nov 18 7:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft that tested docking technology returned to Earth on Thursday. The Shenzhou-8 spacecraft landed in China's Inner Mongolia region at...

Scientists detect potential subsurface lakes on Europa
Posted: Thu, Nov 17 7:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Planetary scientists have discovered what they believe to be a lake of water below the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Scientists modeled regions...

Congressional compromise provides $17.8 billion for NASA
Posted: Wed, Nov 16 6:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A House-Senate conference committee has finalized a 2012 spending bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, funding a space telescope but cutting money...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 16 6:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers docked with the station early Wednesday, ending any remaining fears that the station would soon...

Shenzhou undocks, redocks with Tiangong module
Posted: Tue, Nov 15 7:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
An uncrewed Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft undocked from the experimental Tiangong-1 module on Monday and redocked with the module a short time later, the last...

Soyuz launches new crew to ISS
Posted: Mon, Nov 14 6:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers early Monday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from a snowy Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

Phobos-Grunt remains stranded in orbit
Posted: Fri, Nov 11 7:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
Phobos-Grunt, the Russian Mars mission launched early Wednesday, is still in Earth orbit after the latest efforts to establish contact with the spacecraft failed....

ILS wins contract for Eutelsat launch
Posted: Fri, Nov 11 6:52 AM ET (1152 GMT)
International Launch Services announced this week it had won a contract to launch a Eutelsat communications satellite in 2013. ILS will launch Eutelsat W3D, a...

J-2X engine passes test
Posted: Thu, Nov 10 2:11 PM ET (1911 GMT)
A rocket engine planned for the upper stage of NASA's new heavy-lift launch vehicle passed a major firing test on Wednesday. A J-...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Wed, Nov 9 1:58 PM ET (1858 GMT)
China launched the latest in a series of Earth observation satellites on Wednesday. The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch...