Cygnus arrives at ISS Posted: Sun, Sep 29 10:19 AM ET (1419 GMT) A commercial cargo spacecraft performed a rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday morning and was berthed to the station. The Orbital Sciences Corporation... Curiosity detects water and perchlorates in Martian soil Posted: Fri, Sep 27 7:05 AM ET (1105 GMT) Martian soil contains several percent water by weight, but also may contain a toxic chemical, scientists analyzing data from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reported... Japan wins commercial launch contract for H-2A Posted: Fri, Sep 27 6:40 AM ET (1040 GMT) The Japanese company that markets the H-2A rocket announced Thursday that it had won its first contract for the launch of a commercial communications... Soyuz docks with station Posted: Thu, Sep 26 7:20 AM ET (1120 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Wednesday evening, doubling the population of the orbiting outpost. The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft docked with... Soyuz launches to ISS Posted: Wed, Sep 25 8:34 PM ET (0034 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new International Space Station crewmembers is on its way to the station after a launch from Baikonur. The Soyuz rocket... China launches small satellite Posted: Wed, Sep 25 1:49 PM ET (1749 GMT) A new small Chinese rocket launched a small Earth observing satellite on Wednesday. The rocket, called Kuaizhou, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center... Cygnus arrival at ISS delayed to Saturday Posted: Tue, Sep 24 6:32 AM ET (1032 GMT) Orbital Sciences and NASA have pushed back the arrival of the company's first Cygnus cargo spacecraft until Saturday, citing a tight schedule on the... China launches weather satellite Posted: Mon, Sep 23 5:45 AM ET (0945 GMT) A Long March rocket placed a Chinese weather satellite into polar orbit on Monday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite... Software problem delays Cygnus arrival at ISS Posted: Sun, Sep 22 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT) A software glitch with Orbital Science's Cygnus cargo spacecraft will postpone its arrival at the International Space Station until at least Tuesday, the company... NASA declares Deep Impact spacecraft lost Posted: Sat, Sep 21 10:15 AM ET (1415 GMT) NASA announced Friday it had given up on efforts to try and recover the Deep Impact spacecraft, which had been out of contact with controllers... |
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