Chinese spacecraft returns from circumlunar mission
Posted: Sat, Nov 1 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
A Chinese spacecraft landed Saturday after completing a trip around the Moon, a test for a future sample return mission. The spacecraft, previously designated Chang'...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 31 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed a Russian military satellite into orbit on Thursday. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

Atlas launches GPS satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket, flying its 50th mission, successfully launched a navigation satellite Wednesday afternoon. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Progress cargo spacecraft sent to ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early Wednesday that docked with the International Space Station several hours later. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket...

Antares rocket explodes moments after liftoff
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket exploded seconds after lifting off from Virginia Tuesday evening, destroying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft it was carrying. The Antares...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese satellite Monday that state media says will be used to conduct scientific experiments. The Long March 2C rocket...

Errant boat scrubs Antares launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 28 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A boat that strayed into restricted waters forced launch controllers to scrub Monday's scheduled launch of a cargo mission to the International Space Station....

Dragon departs ISS, returns to Earth
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
A commercial cargo spacecraft departed from the International Space Station on Saturday morning and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean several hours later. The SpaceX...

Rosetta's comet composition yields an unpleasant odor
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
The comet being studied by Europe's Rosetta mission has a composition that would, if it could be smelled, produce an unpleasant odor. Analyses of...

China launches circumlunar mission
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
China launched early Friday a spacecraft on a trip around the Moon that the country describes as a test of a future lunar sample return...