Progress launches, docks with ISS Posted: Sun, Jul 28 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT) A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday night less than six hours after its launch from Kazakhstan. A Soyuz rocket carrying... NASA spacecraft find "particle accelerator" in Van Allen belts Posted: Sat, Jul 27 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT) Twin NASA spacecraft launched last year have helped scientists determine that charged particles in the Van Allen belts circling the Earth are accelerated from within... Ariane 5 launches communications and weather satellites Posted: Fri, Jul 26 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT) An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched a large commercial communications satellite and an Indian meteorological satellite on Thursdays. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from... Orion passes latest parachute landing test Posted: Thu, Jul 25 9:41 AM ET (1341 GMT) NASA's Orion crew spacecraft passed the tenth in a series of tests of its landing system Wednesday, landing safely from an altitude of more... Board to investigate spacewalk mishap Posted: Wed, Jul 24 6:06 AM ET (1006 GMT) NASA announced Tuesday that it has created a mishap board to investigate why a European astronaut's spacesuit filled with water during a spacewalk last... Recovered Saturn 5 rocket engine linked to Apollo 11 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT) A recovered F-1 engine from a Saturn 5 rocket has been traced to the rocket that launched Apollo 11 44 years ago this month,... Curiosity provides evidence of loss of early Martian atmosphere Posted: Tue, Jul 23 6:53 AM ET (1053 GMT) Data collected by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have provided scientists with new evidence that Mars once had a thicker atmosphere that it lost relatively... China launches three research satellites Posted: Sun, Jul 21 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT) A Chinese Long March rocket launched three experimental satellites on Saturday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at... Atlas launches military communications satellite Posted: Sat, Jul 20 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT) An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a mobile communications satellite for the Navy on Friday morning. The Atlas 5 551 lifted off from Cape Canaveral,... Proton failure blamed on improperly installed sensors Posted: Fri, Jul 19 7:35 AM ET (1135 GMT) Russian space agency officials said Thursday the crash of a Proton rocket earlier this month can be traced back to sensors that were installed in... |
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