Globalstar secures support for new financing
Posted: Thu, Mar 26 5:58 AM ET (0958 GMT)
Mobile satellite operator Globalstar announced Wednesday that it has won support from a French government agency for a new round of credit needed for the...

Shuttle undocks from station
Posted: Wed, Mar 25 10:13 PM ET (0213 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday afternoon, having completed its mission to add the final set of solar panels to...

ILS to launch Intelsat spacecraft
Posted: Wed, Mar 25 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Tuesday that it was agreed to launch an Intelsat spacecraft later this year that had previously been scheduled to be launched...

Delta 2 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Tue, Mar 24 9:42 PM ET (0142 GMT)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully placed a new navigation satellite into orbit Tuesday morning. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from pad 17A at Cape...

Final STS-119 spacewalk completed
Posted: Tue, Mar 24 6:53 AM ET (1053 GMT)
Two astronauts carried out the third and final spacewalk of the STS-119 shuttle mission on Monday, completing some maintenance work outside the International Space...

Hubble discovers premature supernova
Posted: Tue, Mar 24 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a supermassive star that appears to have gone supernova earlier in its life than expected. The supernova,...

Shuttle and station dodge debris
Posted: Mon, Mar 23 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
As the crews of the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station worked on a urine recycling device, the docked vehicles maneuvered to avoid...

Second ISS spacewalk a partial success
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
Two astronauts performed the second spacewalk of the STS-119 shuttle mission on Saturday, but were not able to accomplish all the tasks planned for...

ISS panels unfurled
Posted: Sat, Mar 21 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
The International Space Station is now at full power after astronauts successfully deployed on Friday the station's newest and final pair of solar panels....

Spacewalkers install solar truss segment
Posted: Fri, Mar 20 7:16 AM ET (1116 GMT)
Astronauts installed the final truss segment to the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Thursday. Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold spent just over six...