Dextre moved into position on ISS
Posted: Wed, Mar 19 6:10 AM ET (1010 GMT)
The crews of the shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station moved the newly-assembled Dextre manipulator to its new home on the ISS Tuesday...

Spacewalkers complete outfitting of Dextre
Posted: Tue, Mar 18 7:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
Spacewalking astronauts spent nearly seven hours outside the ISS late Monday night, finishing work to prepare the Dextre robotic manipulator for work on the station....

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...