Report: Pentagon cancels TacSat-1 launch
Posted: Sat, Aug 18 11:23 AM ET (1523 GMT)
The Defense Department has canceled plans to launch a technology demonstration satellite on a Falcon 1 rocket, Space News reported this week. The spacecraft, the...

NASA decides against shuttle repairs
Posted: Fri, Aug 17 10:55 AM ET (1455 GMT)
Shuttle managers decided late Thursday not to repair damaged tiles on the underside of the shuttle Endeavour because the damage does not pose a risk...

Star has comet-like tail
Posted: Thu, Aug 16 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
Ultraviolet images taken by a NASA spacecraft have revealed that a well-known star has a comet-like tail that extends for over a dozen...

Third STS-118 spacewalk ends early
Posted: Thu, Aug 16 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
The third spacewalk of the STS-118 shuttle mission ended earlier than scheduled on Wednesday after one of the spacewalking astronauts noticed minor damage to...

Ariane launches two satellites
Posted: Wed, Aug 15 9:25 AM ET (1325 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully launched two commercial communications satellites Tuesday evening. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from the Kourou, French Guiana spaceport at 7:...

ISS gyro replaced; shuttle repairs still under consideration
Posted: Tue, Aug 14 9:40 AM ET (1340 GMT)
Spacewalkers replaced a faulty gyroscope on the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Monday while shuttle managers continued to study whether on-orbit repairs...

Report: first Chinese manned mission nearly ended in disaster
Posted: Tue, Aug 14 9:19 AM ET (1319 GMT)
China's first manned space mission, Shenzhou 5, nearly had a fatal ending when spacecraft controllers could not communicate or locate the spacecraft during reentry,...

NASA weighing shuttle tile repair
Posted: Mon, Aug 13 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
Shuttle managers are considering whether to have astronauts repair a damaged tile on the underside of the shuttle Endeavour after images taken on Sunday revealed...

NASA names new exploration chief, Stennis director
Posted: Mon, Aug 13 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
NASA announced on Friday that the current director of NASA's Stennis Space Center will become the agency's associate administrator for exploration, and that...

Station truss segment installed; shuttle damage assessment planned
Posted: Sun, Aug 12 4:59 AM ET (0859 GMT)
Astronauts installed a new truss segment to the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Saturday while NASA continued to study damage to the underside...