NASA plans 2014 Orion test flight
Posted: Wed, Nov 9 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday plans to fly its Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) capsule on an initial, uncrewed test flight in 2014. The Exploration Flight...

Mars500 simulation concludes
Posted: Sun, Nov 6 9:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
Six men completed on Friday a 520-day simulated Mars mission conducted in a Moscow laboratory. The six men, three from Russia and one each...

Proton launches three GLONASS satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 4 1:55 PM ET (1755 GMT)
A Proton rocket launched Friday, carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites. The Proton-M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:51 am EDT (...

China carries out its first space docking
Posted: Thu, Nov 3 6:26 AM ET (1026 GMT)
China docked two spacecraft in orbit for the first time ever on Wednesday when its Shenzhou-8 spacecraft met up with the Tiangong-1 module....

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 2 2:01 PM ET (1801 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday morning. The Progress M-13M spacecraft, designated Progress 45 by NASA, docked with...

China launches uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft
Posted: Tue, Nov 1 6:49 AM ET (1049 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed an uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit early Tuesday on a mission to demonstrate docking technology essential to China's space...

Boeing plans to build commercial capsules at KSC
Posted: Tue, Nov 1 6:39 AM ET (1039 GMT)
Boeing and NASA announced Monday plans by the aerospace company to build its commercial crewed spacecraft in a former shuttle hangar at the Kennedy Space...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 30 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully placed a Progress cargo spacecraft into orbit Sunday, two months after a similar launch failed, thus clearing the way for a...

Delta 2 launches NPP
Posted: Sat, Oct 29 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
In its last currently-scheduled launch, a Delta 2 rocket placed an Earth sciences satellite into orbit on Friday. The Delta 2 7920 lifted off...

Eris and Pluto similar in size
Posted: Fri, Oct 28 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Astronomers have found that the dwarf planet Eris is nearly identical in size to Pluto, making it smaller than expected and likely different in makeup...