News briefs: October 22
Posted: Tue, Oct 23 12:29 PM ET (1629 GMT)
Russia is planning to launch a Molniya-M rocket Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday. The launch, to take place from the Plesetsk...

India launches three satellites
Posted: Mon, Oct 22 1:13 PM ET (1713 GMT)
An Indian launch vehicle successfully placed three spacecraft into polar orbit Monday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C3 lifted off from the Indian Space...

Soyuz launches on ISS taxi mission
Posted: Sun, Oct 21 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one French astronaut lifted off Sunday morning on a taxi mission to the International Space Station. The...

Report critical of astronaut training, corps size
Posted: Sun, Oct 21 11:05 AM ET (1505 GMT)
A Florida Today investigative report published Sunday concludes that NASA is wasting money on an astronaut corps that is too large for current flight needs....

News briefs: October 19
Posted: Sat, Oct 20 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
NASA will fly next month the shields of the 23 New York City police officers killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, SPACE.com reported...

Soyuz moved to new ISS docking port
Posted: Fri, Oct 19 12:20 PM ET (1620 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station flew a Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port on the International Space Station to another early Friday. The...

News briefs: October 19
Posted: Fri, Oct 19 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
NASA will require an additional $93.1 million to pay for enhanced security, Florida Today reports. The request is part of a $20 billion package...

Mars Odyssey ready to go into orbit
Posted: Fri, Oct 19 1:02 AM ET (0502 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is on track to go into orbit around Mars next week, project officials said Thursday. The spacecraft will fire its...

Delta launches commercial imaging satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 18 5:09 PM ET (2109 GMT)
A Delta 2 booster successfully launched a commercial high-resolution imaging spacecraft Thursday afternoon. The Delta 2 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,...

News briefs: October 17
Posted: Thu, Oct 18 2:50 AM ET (0650 GMT)
The launch table for the new Delta 4 launch site arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday. The 650-ton table will...