Rosetta flies past asteroid Lutetia
Posted: Sun, Jul 11 12:18 PM ET (1618 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft flew past the asteroid Lutetia on Saturday, the largest asteroid to date visited by a spacecraft. The spacecraft made its closest...

Proton launches EchoStar satellite
Posted: Sun, Jul 11 12:02 PM ET (1602 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully placed an American direct-to-home (DTH) television satellite into orbit early Sunday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur...

GSLV failure linked to faulty turbopump
Posted: Sat, Jul 10 11:52 AM ET (1552 GMT)
The failure of an Indian launch vehicle earlier this year has been traced back to a turbopump in a new, indigenously-developed upper stage, the...

Dust found in Hayabusa capsule
Posted: Thu, Jul 8 6:23 AM ET (1023 GMT)
Japanese scientists have found traces of dust in a sample return capsule from the Hayabusa spacecraft that may be from an asteroid visited by the...

USA announces shuttle layoffs
Posted: Wed, Jul 7 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
The company that handles space shuttle operations announced Tuesday that it will lay off over 1,000 employees in October as shuttle program winds down....

Planck releases first all-sky image
Posted: Wed, Jul 7 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
A European astronomy satellite has compiled its first infrared all-sky image, revealing details ranging from the Milky Way to the cosmic microwave background. The...

Progress docks with ISS on second attempt
Posted: Mon, Jul 5 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, two days after its originally-scheduled docking was aborted because of a...

Progress docking at ISS aborted
Posted: Fri, Jul 2 7:47 PM ET (2347 GMT)
A planned docking Friday of a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station was aborted because of a telemetry problem. The Progress M-06M...

NASA postpones final shuttle missions
Posted: Fri, Jul 2 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday plans to push back the final two scheduled shuttle missions, meaning that the shuttle program will not be retired until at least...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Jul 1 7:04 AM ET (1104 GMT)
Russian launched a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-06M spacecraft (designated Progress 38...