NASA approves next ISS spacewalk despite water leak in suit
Posted: Sat, Feb 28 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)
NASA managers said Friday they were proceeding with plans for the last in a series of three spacewalks outside the International Space Station on Sunday...

Air Force head questions schedule for RD-180 replacement
Posted: Fri, Feb 27 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The Secretary of the Air Force said this week that she doubts a domestically-manufactured replacement for the RD-180 engine would be ready by...

Astronauts complete second spacewalk, but spacesuit suffers water leak
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts successfully completed the second in a series of three spacewalks outside the International Space Station Wednesday, but one astronaut reported a small...

SES picks SpaceX for two launches
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT)
European satellite operator SpaceX, which ordered three new satellites last week, announced Wednesday that it will launch two of them on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets...

Russia endorses ISS extension, plans new station
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 7:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Tuesday it plans to continue to participate in the International Space Station to 2024, then take its modules to...

Two Google Lunar X Prize teams to partner
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 7:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
Two teams competing in the Google Lunar X Prize competition announced a partnership Monday, with one team's lander carrying rovers built by another team....

Astronauts compete first in series of spacewalks
Posted: Sun, Feb 22 10:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)
Two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station successfully completed Saturday the first in a series of three spacewalks to prepare the ISS for the...

ISS spacewalk postponed a day
Posted: Fri, Feb 20 6:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
The first in a series of three spacewalks to prepare the International Space Station for future crew vehicles has slipped a day to Saturday, NASA...

Progress launches, docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Feb 18 7:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launched Tuesday and docked with the International Space Station less than six hours later. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress...

SES orders three satellites
Posted: Tue, Feb 17 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
European satellite operator SES announced Monday that it is ordering three communications satellites from three different companies. SES is ordering the SES-14 satellite from...