Ariane 5 launches British, Turkish satellites
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched communications satellite for a Turkish operator and the British military Thursday evening. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French...

Shuttle ready for return
Posted: Fri, Jun 13 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Discovery has completed inspections the orbiter and is on track to return to Earth on Saturday morning. Discovery is...

Delta 2 launches GLAST
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 7:43 AM ET (1143 GMT)
A Delta 2 successfully launched a gamma-ray observatory on Wednesday afternoon. The Delta 2 Heavy lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:05...

Google co-founder makes deposit for ISS flight
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 7:29 AM ET (1129 GMT)
A co-founder of Internet search giant Google has put down a deposit on a future flight to the International Space Station through Space Adventures,...

Mars soil finally reaches Phoenix oven
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft was finally able to shake enough soil from a sample collected last week to fill an experiment oven within...

Shuttle undocks from ISS, prepares for trip home
Posted: Thu, Jun 12 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday morning and its crew performed an inspection of its exterior in advance of its...

Orbital picks Wallops for Taurus 2 launches
Posted: Tue, Jun 10 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced Monday that it has selected Wallops Island in Virginia as the launch site for its planned Taurus 2 launch vehicle, picking...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Tue, Jun 10 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a French-built communications satellite on Monday that will be used to provide TV coverage of the upcoming Olympics. The...

Astronauts complete final STS-124 EVA
Posted: Mon, Jun 9 2:35 PM ET (1835 GMT)
Two astronauts carried out the third and final spacewalk of the STS-124 shuttle mission on Sunday, completing a variety of tasks outside the International...

Kibo logistics module, arm checked out
Posted: Sun, Jun 8 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
Space station and space shuttle astronauts installed a logistics module for the Japanese lab module Kibo and checked out the new module's robotic arm...