Endeavour cleared for Wednesday launch
Posted: Mon, Jun 15 8:48 PM ET (0048 GMT)
NASA announced Monday afternoon that the next attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour will take place Wednesday morning, forcing at least a one-day...

NASA to make shuttle launch decision Monday
Posted: Sun, Jun 14 9:10 PM ET (0110 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said late Sunday that they will make a decision no later than Monday afternoon about when to make the next attempt to...

Hydrogen leak scrubs shuttle launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 5:26 AM ET (0926 GMT)
NASA postponed Saturday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after detecting a hydrogen leak several hours before the scheduled liftoff time. Endeavour was on...

Stars found in eccentric orbits around galaxy
Posted: Fri, Jun 12 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week the discovery of a family of stars in unusual eccentric orbits around the galaxy, including one star that may have originated...

Kaguya impacts lunar surface
Posted: Thu, Jun 11 6:42 AM ET (1042 GMT)
A Japanese spacecraft completed its mission Wednesday by crashing to the lunar surface. The Japanese space agency JAXA confirmed that the Kaguya spacecraft hit the...

Countdown begins for Endeavour launch
Posted: Thu, Jun 11 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
The countdown started Wednesday for Saturday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. The countdown started...

ISS astronauts perform internal spacewalk
Posted: Wed, Jun 10 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew carried out a brief spacewalk early Wednesday without ever leaving the station. Station commander Gennady Padalka...

House committee maintains NASA budget cut
Posted: Wed, Jun 10 6:45 AM ET (1045 GMT)
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2010 spending bill Tuesday that maintains a large cut in NASA's exploration budget made by a subcommittee last...

Dark GRBs linked to dust clouds
Posted: Tue, Jun 9 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
A class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) without a visible afterglow have been linked to galaxies with previously undetected dust clouds, astronomers announced Monday. "Dark"...

ISS crew performs spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Jun 6 9:13 AM ET (1313 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station's crew performed a nearly five-hour spacewalk Friday to prepare the station for the installation of another...