First NM spaceport launch fails
Posted: Tue, Sep 26 8:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
The inaugural launch from a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico failed when a sounding rocket lost control and fell far short of its planned...

Chinese satellite returns to Earth
Posted: Mon, Sep 25 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
A Chinese satellite carrying hundreds of kilograms of seeds safely returned to Earth on Sunday after a 15-day mission in space. The Shijian 8...

Japan launches solar science satellite
Posted: Sat, Sep 23 10:40 AM ET (1440 GMT)
A Japanese rocket launched a science satellite Saturday carrying instruments from several countries devoted to studying the Sun. The M-5 rocket launched from the...

Intelsat satellite malfunctions
Posted: Fri, Sep 22 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
An Intelsat communications satellite that serves parts of Africa and the Indian Ocean malfunctioned late Thursday. The Intelsat IS-802 spacecraft suffered a "sudden and...

Bigelow announces space station plans, Lockheed agreement
Posted: Fri, Sep 22 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
Bigelow Aerospace announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to study the use of the Atlas 5 to launch human missions,...

Atlantis lands safely
Posted: Thu, Sep 21 8:22 AM ET (1222 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed without incident Thursday morning at the Kennedy Space Center, ending the first assembly mission to the ISS in nearly four...

MRO deploys radar antenna
Posted: Thu, Sep 21 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has successfully deployed the antenna for an Italian radar system on the spacecraft that will be used to...

Inspections find no shuttle damage
Posted: Wed, Sep 20 1:38 PM ET (1738 GMT)
An additional round of inspections of the exterior of the shuttle Atlantis Wednesday turned up no evidence of damage to the orbiter, apparently clearing the...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Sep 20 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two members of the next International Space Station crew and a commercial passenger docked with the ISS early Wednesday. The Soyuz...

Progress jettisoned from ISS
Posted: Tue, Sep 19 8:50 PM ET (0050 GMT)
In preparation for Wednesday's docking of a Soyuz spacecraft a Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and reentered the Earth's atmosphere late...