New Horizons images reveal a young Pluto surface Posted: Sat, Jul 18 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT) Images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto July 14 show that parts of the surface are surprisingly young, suggesting... Ariane 5 launches communications, weather satellites Posted: Sat, Jul 18 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT) An Ariane 5 successfully launched a commercial communications satellite and a European weather satellite Wednesday evening. The Ariane 5 lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana,... Atlas successfully launches GPS satellite Posted: Sat, Jul 18 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT) At Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the latest GPS navigation satellite on Wednesday. The Atlas 5 401 rocket lifted off on schedule from Cape Canaveral... New Horizons successfully flies past Pluto Posted: Wed, Jul 15 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT) NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto early Tuesday, nine and a half years after its launch. New Horizons made its closest approach to... PSLV launches five British-built satellites Posted: Sat, Jul 11 2:48 PM ET (1848 GMT) An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully launched Friday five satellites built by a British company. The PSLV-XL rocket lifted off from the... Philae responds to commands Posted: Sat, Jul 11 2:31 PM ET (1831 GMT) Europe's Philae comet lander communicated with controllers Thursday for the first time in two weeks and demonstrated it had the ability to respond to... New Horizons goes into safe mode Posted: Sun, Jul 5 11:34 AM ET (1534 GMT) NASA's New Horizons spacecraft went into a protective safe mode Saturday, less than ten days before the spacecraft makes its closest approach to Pluto.... Progress docks with space station Posted: Sun, Jul 5 11:23 AM ET (1523 GMT) A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Sunday, two days after launch. The Progress M-28M spacecraft docked with the Pirs... Progress launched to ISS Posted: Fri, Jul 3 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT) A Russian Progress spacecraft successfully launched to the International Space Station early Friday, a little more than two months after the previous such mission failed.... Falcon 9 fails on cargo mission to ISS Posted: Sun, Jun 28 4:24 PM ET (2024 GMT) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket malfunctioned a little more than two minutes after liftoff Sunday morning, destroying a Dragon cargo spacecraft intended for the International... |
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