China plans Shenzhou 4 launch by end of year
Posted: Mon, Nov 4 2:27 PM ET (1927 GMT)
China plans to launch Shenzhou 4, the fourth and perhaps final unmanned test flight of its manned spacecraft, by the end of the year, according...

Stardust completes asteroid flyby
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 10:05 PM ET (0305 GMT)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by an asteroid late Friday night en route to its main destination. Stardust flew within 3,300 kilometers of the...

Cassini returns first image of Saturn
Posted: Sat, Nov 2 9:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, launched five years ago, has returned its first image of Saturn while still en route to the ringed planet. NASA released...

Astronomers find ancient star
Posted: Sat, Nov 2 9:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
Astronomers have discovered a star whose composition indicates that it dates back to the early universe. In a paper published in the current issue of...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Nov 1 8:20 AM ET (1320 GMT)
The Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station early Friday. The two spacecraft docked at 12:01 am EST (0501 GMT)...

Endeavour scheduled for launch November 11
Posted: Fri, Nov 1 8:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers announced Thursday that they have scheduled the launch of the next shuttle mission for the early morning hours of November 11. Endeavour...

Lawsuit filed against EchoStar-DirecTV merger
Posted: Fri, Nov 1 6:42 AM ET (1142 GMT)
The US Justice Department and 23 states have filed suit in federal court to stop the merger of satellite television providers EchoStar and DirecTV. The...

Next space tourist may be Russian
Posted: Fri, Nov 1 6:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)
The next tourist to fly on a Soyuz taxi flight to the International Space Station may be Russian, according to the head of the Russian...

Europan "freckles" sign of water movement
Posted: Fri, Nov 1 6:21 AM ET (1121 GMT)
Planetary scientists have found reddish features on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa that could be evidence of water moving up and down under...

Pad mishap delays Delta launch
Posted: Wed, Oct 30 11:48 PM ET (0448 GMT)
An accident at the launch pad last week has indefinitely delayed the launch of a GPS satellite on a Delta 2 booster. According to published...