Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers to Earth
Posted: Mon, Nov 10 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying International Space Station crewmembers from Germany, Russia, and the United States undocked from the ISS and landed late Sunday. The Soyuz...

Comet flyby created Martian meteor shower
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 7:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
The closely flyby of a comet to Mars last month created an "impressive" meteor shower in the planet's atmosphere, according to data from several...

Half of all stars may be outside of galaxies
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 7:23 PM ET (0023 GMT)
Data from a suborbital astronomy experiment has led astronomers to conclude that there may be as many stars outside of galaxies as within them. The...

Dnepr launches Japanese satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully placed several Japanese spacecraft into orbit on Thursday. The Dnepr rocket, a converted SS-18 ballistic missile, lifted off from the...

Orbital develops "go-forward" plan to continue ISS cargo deliveries
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Wednesday its plans to resume commercial cargo deliveries to the international space station, which include buying launches from other companies. Orbital...

Investigators: SpaceShipTwo feathering system deployed prematurely
Posted: Mon, Nov 3 10:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late Sunday that data they have collected indicates that SpaceShipTwo's feathering system appeared to deploy...

NTSB begins investigation of SpaceShipTwo crash
Posted: Sun, Nov 2 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
The National Transportation Safety Board started their investigation Saturday into the October 31 crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, an accident that killed one pilot...

SpaceShipTwo crashes in test flight, one pilot killed
Posted: Sat, Nov 1 9:21 AM ET (1321 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane crashed during a test flight Friday near Mojave, California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. The vehicle, making...

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...