Astrium and Khrunichev win Russian satellite deal
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
A partnership of EADS Astrium and Khrunichev Space Center have won a contract to deliver and launch a new large communications satellite for a Russian...

Dextre assembled during EVA
Posted: Sun, Mar 16 8:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts attached the arms for the Dextre remote manipulator during a seven-hour spacewalk Saturday night. STS-123 astronauts Richard Linnehan and Mike Foreman...

Proton launch fails
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
A Proton launch of commercial communications satellite failed early Saturday when the rocket's upper stage shut down prematurely, stranding the satellite in a transfer...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 15 9:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a new GPS satellite early Saturday. The Delta 2 7925-9.5 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 2:...

Japanese module added to ISS
Posted: Fri, Mar 14 8:01 AM ET (1201 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour added a Japanese lab module to the International Space Station early Friday after a seven-hour spacewalk by...

Atlas launches classified satellite from Vandenberg
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 1:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
An Atlas 5, on its first mission from the West Coast, successfully launched a classified satellite early Thursday. The Atlas 5 411 lifted off at...

Endeavour docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Mar 13 5:44 AM ET (0944 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the ISS late Wednesday night after initial inspections of the orbiter's exterior turned up no evidence of any...

ATV propulsion glitch resolved
Posted: Wed, Mar 12 5:46 AM ET (0946 GMT)
European engineers have resolved a problem with the propulsion system on the first ATV cargo spacecraft, keeping the mission on track for a docking with...

Cassini to make close pass of Enceladus
Posted: Wed, Mar 12 5:34 AM ET (0934 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will pass within 50 kilometers of the surface of the Saturnian moon Enceladus on Wednesday on a flyby that scientists hope...

Shuttle lifts off on mission to ISS
Posted: Tue, Mar 11 7:18 AM ET (1118 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off early Tuesday on a mission to deliver a laboratory module and robotic arm system to the International Space Station....