China sets date for Shenzhou 6 launch
Posted: Tue, Sep 27 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
China will launch Shenzhou 6, its second manned mission, on October 13, Chinese media outlets reported Monday. According to those reports, Shenzhou 6 will lift...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Mon, Sep 26 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
A Delta 2 launched the first in a new series of modernized GPS satellites late Sunday night. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from pad...

JSC weathers Hurricane Rita
Posted: Mon, Sep 26 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
NASA's Johnson Space Center survived Hurricane Rita with only minor damage, and plans to reopen to employees on Tuesday, the agency announced Sunday. The...

Minotaur launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Sep 23 7:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
A Minotaur rocket successfully launched a classified military satellite Thursday night. The Minotaur 1 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 7:24...

Mars Express mission extended
Posted: Fri, Sep 23 7:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Thursday that it has extended the mission of its Mars Express orbiter for one Martian year. The decision, made...

Boeing, Lockheed to resubmit plans for launch alliance
Posted: Thu, Sep 22 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
Boeing and Lockheed Martin withdrew paperwork with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday that sought permission to merge their EELV operations, but the companies...

Hurricane threat closes JSC
Posted: Thu, Sep 22 6:40 AM ET (1040 GMT)
NASA closed the Johnson Space Center in Houston Wednesday as a powerful hurricane bore down on the Texas coast. NASA decided around midday Wednesday to...

Spacecraft sees geologic changes on Mars
Posted: Wed, Sep 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
New images from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft have revealed features on Mars that did not exist just a few years earlier, a...

NASA exploration architecture unveiled
Posted: Tue, Sep 20 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
NASA released yesterday the results of a study that has defined plans to send humans back to the Moon in 2018. The Exploration Systems Architecture...

NASA to keep shuttle work at Michoud
Posted: Mon, Sep 19 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
NASA will keep work performed on the space shuttle's external tank at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans despite the damage and disruption...