Indian Mars mission leaves Earth orbit
Posted: Sun, Dec 1 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
India's first Mars mission fired its main engine early Sunday to boost the spacecraft into a Mars-bound trajectory. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),...

Progress docks with ISS in manual mode
Posted: Sat, Nov 30 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station took control of a Progress cargo spacecraft and docked it manually to the station late Friday after the...

Comet ISON fate unclear after perihelion passage
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
At least part of Comet ISON may have survived a close flyby of the Sun on Thursday after astronomers initially thought the comet was completely...

Falcon 9 launch scrubbed again
Posted: Fri, Nov 29 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
SpaceX scrubbed a second attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a commercial satellite, halting the countdown as the first stage engines started to...

Comet ISON to fly around Sun on Thursday
Posted: Thu, Nov 28 9:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A comet that, for more than a year, has been billed by many as the "Comet of the Century" will make its closest approach to...

China prepares launch of its first lunar lander
Posted: Wed, Nov 27 6:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
Chinese officials said they are set to launch that country's first lunar lander and rover, perhaps as soon as this weekend. Officials announced on...

Technical glitches scrub Falcon 9 launch
Posted: Tue, Nov 26 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
A series of technical problems prevented SpaceX from carrying out its launch of a commercial GEO satellite on Monday evening, delaying the launch until at...

Soyuz launches Progress spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Tue, Nov 26 6:35 AM ET (1135 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Progress cargo spacecraft bound for the ISS early Tuesday. The Soyuz lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Mon, Nov 25 8:34 PM ET (0134 GMT)
A Chinese Long March rocket placed a small experimental satellite into orbit on Monday. The Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite...

Rockot launches ESA space science satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 23 10:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
A Russian Rockot vehicle placed three European Space Agency satellites into orbit Friday mo a mission to study the Earth's magnetic field. The Rockot...