India launches communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Jul 15 8:40 PM ET (0040 GMT)
An Indian rocket successfully launched a domestic communications satellite on Friday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) XL lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space...

Weather postpones Delta 4 launch
Posted: Fri, Jul 15 7:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) postponed Friday's scheduled launch of a GPS satellite because of poor weather during launch preparations. The launch, which had been...

House appropriators retain JWST cut
Posted: Thu, Jul 14 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The full House Appropriations Committee approved a 2012 spending bill Wednesday that would provide no funding for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Members offered...

Soyuz launches Globalstar satellites
Posted: Thu, Jul 14 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed six new Globalstar satellites into orbit early Wednesday. The Soyuz 2 rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at...

Astronauts perform last shuttle-era EVA
Posted: Thu, Jul 14 8:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Two ISS astronauts spent six and a half hours outside the International Space Station on Tuesday on what NASA billed as the final spacewalk of...

Final shuttle mission extended a day
Posted: Tue, Jul 12 7:09 AM ET (1109 GMT)
NASA has granted the final space shuttle mission an extra day in orbit to complete their work at the International Space Station. Shuttle managers determined...

China launches data relay satellite
Posted: Tue, Jul 12 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT)
China launched Monday a new data relay satellite to support its future human spaceflight activities. The Long March 3C rocket lifted off from the Xichang...

Globalstar launch postponed
Posted: Mon, Jul 11 7:55 AM ET (1155 GMT)
The launch of six replacement Globalstar communications satellites on a Soyuz rocket was aborted at the last second early Monday. The Soyuz 2 rocket was...

Atlantis docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Jul 10 8:45 PM ET (0045 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday morning, marking the final time that a shuttle will visit the ISS. Atlantis...

Atlantis lifts off on final shuttle mission
Posted: Fri, Jul 8 2:08 PM ET (1808 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Friday morning on the 135th and final mission of the 30-year program. Atlantis lifted off on mission STS-...