Glory launch rescheduled
Posted: Wed, Mar 2 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that the launch of its Glory climate satellite has been rescheduled for this Friday. Glory is now planned for launch on a...

Spacewalkers complete first STS-133 EVA
Posted: Tue, Mar 1 6:37 AM ET (1137 GMT)
Two astronauts overcame a glitch with the International Space Station's robotic arm to complete a spacewalk on Monday. Steve Bowen and Al Drew spent...

Researchers sign contracts for suborbital spaceflights
Posted: Tue, Mar 1 6:22 AM ET (1122 GMT)
A research organization announced Monday that it has purchased tickets from two commercial suborbital vehicle operators to fly its scientists into space to carry out...

Discovery docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Feb 27 10:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station for the final time on Saturday. Discovery docked with the Harmony module of the station...

Russia launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sat, Feb 26 10:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite on Saturday. The Soyuz-2.1 rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at...

Glory launch postponed to March
Posted: Fri, Feb 25 7:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
NASA has pushed back the launch of a climate satellite until next month to work out problems that caused a launch scrub earlier this week....

Discovery launches on its final mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 24 9:39 PM ET (0239 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery lifted off Thursday afternoon on its final scheduled mission, overcoming a last-minute range issue that threatened to scrub the launch....

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Thu, Feb 24 1:57 PM ET (1857 GMT)
A European cargo spacecraft docked with the ISS Thursday morning, clearing the way for the launch later Thursday of the space shuttle. The Automated Transfer...

Russia postpones GLONASS launch
Posted: Thu, Feb 24 7:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
Unspecified technical reasons have postponed the launch of a Russian navigation satellite for 24 hours. A Soyuz-2.1 was scheduled to launch at 10:...

Glory launch scrubbed
Updated: Wed, Feb 23 9:20 PM ET (0220 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Feb 23 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
The launch of a NASA earth sciences satellite on a Taurus XL was scrubbed early Wednesday because of a technical glitch. The Taurus XL was...