Atlantis lifts off
Posted: Fri, Jun 8 9:41 PM ET (0141 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis launched Friday evening on a mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy...

Delta 2 launches Italian satellite
Updated: Fri, Jun 8 8:15 AM ET (1215 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Jun 8 8:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket placed an Italian remote sensing satellite into low Earth orbit late Thursday night. The Delta 2 lifted off from Vandenberg Air...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Jun 8 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched an unidentified Russian military satellite late Thursday, according to Russian media reports. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk...

Cosmonauts complete ISS shield work
Posted: Thu, Jun 7 1:59 PM ET (1759 GMT)
Two spacewalking cosmonauts completed the installation of shields on the exterior of an International Space Station module on Wednesday to protect it from micrometeorite and...

Astrium wins Hispasat contract
Posted: Thu, Jun 7 1:45 PM ET (1745 GMT)
EADS Astrium announced Wednesday that it has won a contract from Spanish satellite operator Hispasat for a new communications satellite. Amazonas-2, based on Astrium'...

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...