Soyuz returns to Earth
Posted: Fri, Sep 29 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the previous ISS crew and a commercial passenger returned to Earth late Thursday. The Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft landed about 80...

Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo cabin model
Posted: Thu, Sep 28 5:20 PM ET (2120 GMT)
Space tourism operator Virgin Galactic unveiled Thursday a conceptual model of the cabin of SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the suborbital passenger spacecraft being developed for the company...

Mars rover reaches crater rim
Posted: Thu, Sep 28 6:57 AM ET (1057 GMT)
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the edge of a large impact crater, a major milestone for a mission that has lasted much longer...

ISS command change takes place
Posted: Wed, Sep 27 7:52 PM ET (2352 GMT)
The Expedition 14 crew officially took over control of the International Space Station Wednesday as the Expedition 13 crew and a commercial passenger prepared for...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Tue, Sep 26 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
A Delta 2 successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite Monday afternoon. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral,...

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,...