Countdown begins for shuttle launch
Posted: Wed, Jun 6 8:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
The countdown for Friday night's launch of the shuttle Atlantis started Tuesday night, with no technical problems reported and a favorable weather forecast. The...

Spacecraft flies by Venus
Posted: Wed, Jun 6 8:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew past Venus on Tuesday, a flyby that collected data about the cloud-enshrouded planet while putting the spacecraft on course...

Astronauts arrive at Cape for shuttle mission
Posted: Tue, Jun 5 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
The members of the STS-117 shuttle mission arrived at the Kennedy Space Center late Monday in advance of Friday night's launch to the...

Shuttle workers vote to strike
Posted: Mon, Jun 4 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Several hundred shuttle workers voted Saturday to go on strike just days before a launch, although any walkout is not expected to affect the upcoming...

Shuttle cleared for June 8 launch
Posted: Fri, Jun 1 2:03 PM ET (1803 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers Thursday approved plans to proceed with the launch of the shuttle Atlantis on the evening of June 8. The launch of Atlantis...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 1 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
China launched a communications satellite early Friday that is designed to be a partial replacement for one that failed shortly after launch last year. A...

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Thu, May 31 8:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts performed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, installing shields on the exterior of an ISS module. Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin...

Soyuz launches four Globalstar satellites
Posted: Wed, May 30 7:58 AM ET (1158 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed four Globalstar replacement satellites into low Earth orbit early Wednesday. The Soyuz-Fregat lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:...

Astronomers find 28 new exoplanets
Posted: Wed, May 30 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
A team of astronomers announced this week the discovery of an additional 28 extrasolar planets as well as additional information about one previously-known intriguing...

NASA releases Oefelein from astronaut corps
Posted: Sun, May 27 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
NASA announced Friday that it was removing Bill Oefelein, the astronaut in the love triangle that involved former fellow astronaut Lisa Nowak, from the astronaut...