ISS crew completes spacewalk
Posted: Wed, Jan 26 1:56 PM ET (1856 GMT)
The two-man Expedition Ten crew completed a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station, installing equipment and discovering residue around a vent used...

Air Force exercises GPS contract options
Posted: Tue, Jan 25 6:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
The US Air Force exercised a pair of contract options with Boeing on Monday for additional Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The first option, valued...

Final Atlas 3 launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Jan 25 6:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
The final launch of the Atlas 3, scheduled for Thursday, has been delayed about a week to perform inspections of the vehicle, officials announced Monday....

Delta 4 investigation continues
Posted: Mon, Jan 24 7:36 AM ET (1236 GMT)
The investigation into the early engine shutdown on the first Delta 4 Heavy flight last month is still in progress and should conclude by the...

China confirms Shenzhou 6 plans
Posted: Sun, Jan 23 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
Chinese officials said this week that the next manned launch by that nation will send two people into orbit for several days. The newspaper China...

Titan shaped by Earth-like processes
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:10 AM ET (1510 GMT)
Scientists analyzing data collected by ESA's Huygens probe said Friday that the moon's surface has been altered by processes similar to those found...

Report: NASA to cancel robotic Hubble servicing mission
Posted: Fri, Jan 21 6:40 PM ET (2340 GMT)
NASA plans to kill a proposal to develop a robotic mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, planning instead only to deorbit the spacecraft, Space...

EchoStar to buy Rainbow satellite
Posted: Fri, Jan 21 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
Satellite TV provider EchoStar will purchase a satellite currently used by a rival provider, Voom, putting the future of that venture into question. EchoStar said...

Solar storm buffets Earth
Posted: Fri, Jan 21 7:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
A powerful series of solar storms have struck the Earth in recent days, putting at least one spacecraft into a protective safe mode. The storms...

Kosmos launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Jan 20 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos launch vehicle placed two satellites into orbit early Thursday. The Kosmos 3M booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...