Dawn enters orbit around Vesta
Posted: Sun, Jul 17 10:48 AM ET (1448 GMT)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around the large main-belt asteroid Vesta, the space agency announced early Sunday. Dawn achieved orbit around Vesta...

Delta 4 launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Jul 16 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket, delayed two days by technical and weather issues, successfully launched a GPS satellite early Saturday. The Delta 4 Medium+ 4,2...

Proton launches two communications satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 16 8:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
A Proton rocket carried into orbit early Saturday communications satellite for a European company and the Kazakh government. The Proton M lifted off from the...

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...