Rutan, Branson announce joint venture
Posted: Thu, Jul 28 7:24 PM ET (2324 GMT)
Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and Scaled Composites president Burt Rutan announced Wednesday that the two had formed a joint venture to manufacture commercial suborbital spacecraft....

Discovery docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Jul 28 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday morning, the first shuttle to visit the station since late 2002. Discovery docked...

Olsen named to October Soyuz flight
Posted: Thu, Jul 28 9:53 AM ET (1353 GMT)
The Russian space agency Roskosmos has officially added American businessman Gregory Olsen to the crew of the next Soyuz flight scheduled to fly to the...

NASA suspends shuttle launches
Posted: Wed, Jul 27 11:18 PM ET (0318 GMT)
Shuttle officials announced late Wednesday that they would not launch the shuttle again until they understood why a large chunk of foam fell off the...

Astronauts inspect shuttle for damage
Posted: Wed, Jul 27 2:05 PM ET (1805 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Discovery conducted an inspection of the exterior of the orbiter Wednesday, looking for any damage to its tiles and...

Russia proposes lunar space tourist flight
Updated: Wed, Jul 27 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Jul 27 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
The Russian space agency Roskosmos and aerospace company Energia have proposed flying a Soyuz mission around the Moon if they are able to find a...

Shuttle Discovery launches
Posted: Tue, Jul 26 12:50 PM ET (1650 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery lifted off on schedule Tuesday morning on the first shuttle mission since the Columbia accident nearly two and a half years...

Planetary Society planning another solar sail
Posted: Tue, Jul 26 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
The Planetary Society is contemplating building and launching another solar sail after the launch of its first such spacecraft, Cosmos 1, failed last month. Aerospace...

NASA ready for Tuesday shuttle launch attempt
Posted: Mon, Jul 25 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers gave their approve late Sunday for Tuesday morning's launch of Discovery on the first post-Columbia mission, despite the lack of...

House passes NASA authorization bill
Posted: Sat, Jul 23 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
The US House of Representatives passed a NASA authorization bill Friday that formally endorsed the agency's Vision for Space Exploration. The House passed the...