NASA to extend TRMM mission
Posted: Mon, Jun 20 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
NASA plans to further extend the mission of a satellite used in hurricane forecasting, even though such an extension would make it impossible to carry...

Inmarsat IPO a success
Posted: Mon, Jun 20 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
Satellite operator Inmarsat conducted an initial public offering (IPO) of stock on Friday, with share prices rising nearly 20 percent on the first day of...

Progress docks manually with ISS
Posted: Sun, Jun 19 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
A Progress spacecraft docked safely with the ISS Saturday night, but only after the crew on the space station took over control of the unmanned...

Mars Express extends second boom
Posted: Sat, Jun 18 3:11 PM ET (1911 GMT)
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has successfully extended the second of a pair of 20-meter booms that will be used in the search for...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Fri, Jun 17 7:51 AM ET (1151 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station early Friday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

European companies to develop large satellite bus
Posted: Fri, Jun 17 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
The European Space Agency and Europe's two largest satellite manufacturers have agreed to work together to develop a new large satellite bus designed to...

House passes NASA budget
Posted: Thu, Jun 16 9:12 PM ET (0112 GMT)
The US House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill Thursday that provides full funding for NASA. The House, on a 418-7 vote, passed HR...

Foton capsule returns to Earth
Posted: Thu, Jun 16 9:06 PM ET (0106 GMT)
A Russian capsule carrying experiments that flew in space for over two weeks safely returned to Earth early Thursday. The capsule from the Foton-M2...

Progress undocks from the ISS
Posted: Thu, Jun 16 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft filled with garbage undocked from the ISS and burned up in the Earth's atmosphere Wednesday night. The Progress M-52...

Shuttle rolled back to launch pad
Posted: Thu, Jun 16 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
NASA returned the space shuttle Discovery to its launch pad on Wednesday, the latest milestone towards the shuttle's return to flight next month. Discovery,...