Weather postpones Japanese probe launch
Posted: Tue, May 18 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
Poor weather scrubbed the launch Tuesday of a Japanese Venus orbiter mission and solar sail demonstrator. JAXA officials said the H-2A launch from the...

STS-132 astronauts complete first spacewalk
Posted: Tue, May 18 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
Two Atlantis astronauts spent over seven hours outside the International Space Station on Monday installing a new communications antenna and performing other work. Garrett Reisman...

Shuttle docks with space station
Posted: Sun, May 16 6:32 PM ET (2232 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station as planned Sunday morning. Atlantis docked with the Harmony node of the station at 10:...

Atlantis launches on potentially final mission
Posted: Fri, May 14 6:14 PM ET (2214 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis launched on schedule Friday afternoon on a mission to the International Space Station that could be the final flight for the...

Energia to finance Sea Launch
Posted: Fri, May 14 6:24 AM ET (1024 GMT)
Russian space company Energia, one of the partners of the multinational Sea Launch venture, will finance the launch provider out of Chapter 11 and take...

Countdown begins for STS-132 launch
Posted: Wed, May 12 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT)
NASA started the countdown Tuesday afternoon for Friday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on what may be that orbiter's final mission. The...

Loral wins Mexican satellite order
Posted: Tue, May 11 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has won a contract to build a new communications satellite for a financially troubled Mexican company. SS/L will build...

NASA tests Orion launch abort system
Posted: Fri, May 7 7:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
NASA successfully demonstrated on Thursday a launch abort system originally developed for the Orion spacecraft, but whose future use is now uncertain. The Pad Abort...

NASA sets May 14 for Atlantis launch
Posted: Thu, May 6 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
Shuttle managers decided Wednesday to proceed with plans to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on what is scheduled to be its final mission on May...

White House forms task force for Florida space jobs
Posted: Wed, May 5 7:32 AM ET (1132 GMT)
President Barack Obama announced this week the formation of a high-level task force charged with developing a plan for mitigating the economic impacts of...