China launches second manned spacecraft
Posted: Wed, Oct 12 1:53 PM ET (1753 GMT)
China launched two astronauts into space early Wednesday on Shenzhou 6, its second manned spaceflight. A Long March 2F booster, improved to incorporate safety enhancements,...

Soyuz carrying ISS crew returns to Earth
Posted: Tue, Oct 11 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a two-member ISS crew and a space tourist landed safely in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. The Soyuz TMA-6 capsule landed...

Launch failure dooms CryoSat
Posted: Sat, Oct 8 10:42 PM ET (0242 GMT)
A European earth sciences satellite was lost Saturday because of a malfunction with its Rockot launcher. The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at...

Japanese asteroid probe encounters problems
Posted: Sat, Oct 8 12:16 PM ET (1616 GMT)
A Japanese spacecraft approaching an asteroid has lost a key component of its attitude control system, raising questions about its ability to carry out its...

Soyuz to launch Globalstar satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 8 11:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
booster, company officials announced this week. A Soyuz, marketed by the French-Russian joint venture Starsem, will launch the four satellites from Baikonur in the...

Russia launches reentry demonstrator
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 11:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
A Volna rocket launched a reentry demonstrator vehicle on a successful suborbital flight, Russian officials said Friday. The Volna launched from a submarine in the...

JSAT orders Lockheed Martin satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 7 11:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
Lockheed Martin announced this week that Japanese satellite operator JSAT has ordered a new satellite from the company. Lockheed will build the JCSAT-11 satellite...

Hale: shuttle foam loss may be caused by worker damage
Posted: Wed, Oct 5 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
NASA shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said Tuesday that workers may have inadvertently damaged foam on the exterior tank, causing a chunk of it to...

JSC director to resign
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
The head of NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Monday that he plans to step down to take a university position. Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr.,...

Rocket racing venture announced
Posted: Tue, Oct 4 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
The founder of the X Prize and a venture capitalist have announced the formation of a new venture that conduct a series of races using...