Soyuz launch delayed
Posted: Fri, Oct 18 9:32 PM ET (0132 GMT)
Russian officials announced Friday that they were delaying the launch of a Soyuz taxi mission for up to several days while an investigation into a...

Atlantis lands at KSC
Posted: Fri, Oct 18 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday morning, bringing the 11-day STS-112 mission to a successful close....

Sirius to convert debt to equity, sell additional shares
Posted: Fri, Oct 18 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Sirius Satellite Radio announced a series of measures Thursday that will convert debt to equity and raise additional money, allowing the company to continue operations...

NASA investigating bolt problem with Atlantis launch
Posted: Fri, Oct 18 7:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
Shuttle officials are looking into a problem with explosive bolts that failed to fire properly during the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis last week....

Engine failure suspected in Soyuz explosion; ISS launch may be delayed
Posted: Thu, Oct 17 2:25 PM ET (1825 GMT)
Russian officials believe that an engine on the Soyuz booster launched late Tuesday failed shortly after launch, causing the crash that killed one person on...

Proton launches Integral observatory
Posted: Thu, Oct 17 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
A Russian Proton booster successfully launched Integral, a European gamma-ray observatory, early Thursday. The Proton lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Astronomers find new evidence for Milky Way black hole
Posted: Thu, Oct 17 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
Astronomers announced Wednesday that they have found new evidence supporting the hypothesis that the center of the Milky Way is home to a supermassive black...

X Prize raises money, adds competitors
Posted: Thu, Oct 17 7:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
The X Prize, a competition designed to foster the develop of a new generation of reusable suborbital vehicles, has added two new teams while claiming...

Northrop wins EU approval for TRW merger
Posted: Wed, Oct 16 8:57 PM ET (0057 GMT)
The European Union has granted Northrop approval to merge with TRW, a key regulatory step towards completing the merger. The European Commission announced Wednesday that...

Atlantis undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Oct 16 2:15 PM ET (1815 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station on schedule Wednesday morning as the STS-112 mission winds down. Atlantis undocked from the...