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Leonardo attached to station
Posted: Tue, Nov 18 9:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
The crews of the shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station attached a cargo module to the station on Monday as astronauts prepared for the...

Endeavour docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Nov 16 8:02 PM ET (0102 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station as planned Sunday afternoon. Endeavour docked with the Harmony node of the station at 5:...

Indian probe hits the moon
Posted: Sat, Nov 15 9:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
A probe ejected from India's first lunar orbit hit the Moon's surface as planned on Friday. The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was ejected...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 15 9:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian military satellite late Friday. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 10:...

Endeavour lifts off
Posted: Fri, Nov 14 9:54 PM ET (0254 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour launched Friday evening on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour lifted off on schedule at 7:55 pm EDT...

First exoplanets directly imaged
Posted: Fri, Nov 14 6:47 AM ET (1147 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday that they have for the first time directly imaged planets orbiting other stars. One team of astronomers reported directly observing three planets...

Planetary Society proposes alternative exploration plan
Posted: Fri, Nov 14 6:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)
The Planetary Society unveiled an alternative approach to space exploration on Thursday that would postpone NASA's current plans to return humans to the Moon...

Chandrayaan-1 enters final lunar orbit
Posted: Thu, Nov 13 7:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft has entered its operational orbit around the Moon as controllers plan to deploy the spacecraft's impactor probe. Chandrayaan-...

Chinese-built Nigerian satellite malfunctions
Posted: Thu, Nov 13 7:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
A Chinese-built Nigerian communications satellite launched last year has malfunctioned in orbit, officials said Wednesday. The NigComSat-1 spacecraft suffered "electricity power exhaustion", according...

Mars rover power levels drop
Posted: Wed, Nov 12 7:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
A dust storm has dropped power levels on one of NASA's twin Mars rovers to dangerously low levels, project officials said late Monday. The...



news in brief

SpaceX launches Indonesia communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Sep 14 4:07 AM ET (0807 GMT)

Soyuz launches Progress cargo spacecraft to ISS
Posted: Sun, Sep 14 4:06 AM ET (0806 GMT)

news links
Friday, September 19
US and UK carry out first joint satellite operation in orbit
The Independent — 12:30 am ET (0430 GMT)


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