Zenit upper stage failure places satellite in lower orbit
Posted: Tue, Jun 29 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Zenit 3SL booster launched a commercial communications satellite for the international Sea Launch venture Monday night, but an upper stage problem placed the satellite...

Mars Express radar deployment delayed again
Posted: Mon, Jun 28 9:03 PM ET (0103 GMT)
ESA officials announced last week that the deployment of a radar boom on its Mars Express spacecraft would be further delayed while engineers study issues...

ISS spacewalk rescheduled for Wednesday night
Posted: Mon, Jun 28 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
International Space Station managers have rescheduled for Wednesday night a spacewalk that was aborted last week just minutes after it began. The EVA by Gennady...

US and EU sign Galileo agreement
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 1:23 PM ET (1723 GMT)
The United States and the European Union signed an agreement Saturday that assures that the their separate satellite navigation systems, GPS and Galileo, will be...

India, US to cooperate on space ventures
Posted: Sun, Jun 27 1:15 PM ET (1715 GMT)
The governments of India and the United States have announced a series of measures designed to increase cooperation between the two nations on space projects....

ISS suit leak traced to faulty switch
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 1:24 PM ET (1724 GMT)
A loss of pressure in a spacesuit that led controllers to scrub a spacewalk outside the International Space Station just minutes after it began Thursday...

Mars rover discoveries continue
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 1:16 PM ET (1716 GMT)
NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, operating on the surface for over five months now, continue to make new discoveries, as one finds a hematite-...

Cassini reveals Phoebe from Kuiper Belt
Posted: Sat, Jun 26 1:03 PM ET (1703 GMT)
Analysis of data collected by the Cassini spacecraft when it flew past the outer Saturnian moon of Phoebe earlier this month have led scientists to...

Suit problem leads to spacewalk abort
Posted: Fri, Jun 25 11:56 AM ET (1556 GMT)
A loss of pressure in the main oxygen tank of one spacesuit forced mission controllers to abort a spacewalk outside the International Space Station only...

NASA announces reorganization
Posted: Fri, Jun 25 11:40 AM ET (1540 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe announced Thursday a major internal restructuring of the space agency, replacing existing enterprises with a streamlined set of directorates. Under...