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China launches 2nd satellite built for Venezuela
China has launched a second satellite built for Venezuela's government. The remote sensing satellite soared into orbit atop a rocket from the ...
Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream
The NASA rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars — a find that ...
Space station may move to avoid passing junk
The International Space Station may have to move to avoid some space junk. NASA said debris from an old Russian satellite and a fragment from an ...
European cargo fails to undock from space station
The European Space Agency says the undocking of its cargo craft from the International Space Station has been postponed after a communication ...
Astronauts may play role in Mars robotic missions
NASA's future plans to explore Mars may end up using astronauts as space messengers. The new idea surfaced as a special team looking for a new Mars ...
East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used
The U.S. weather satellite that tracks the East Coast and Atlantic hurricanes is broken. Meteorologists are scrambling to fill in lost data for ...
After victory lap, Endeavor rolls to retirement
Space shuttle Endeavour rocketed beyond Earth orbit 25 times. Its 26th mission: A 12-mile commute through the streets of Los Angeles to its new ...
Endeavour gives Californians ultimate photo op
Rather than roaring to space on an elevator of flame, the shuttle Endeavour's final flight Friday was a leisurely, low-altitude journey past the ...
New NASA photo satellite to join 40-year mission
A fleet of picture-snapping NASA satellites that for 40 years has documented forest fires, tsunamis and everyday changes in the Earth's geography will ...
Endeavour salutes Giffords en route to California
Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former ...
What's it like to fly a plane with shuttle on top?
It's the ultimate piggyback ride: A space shuttle perched atop a Boeing 747 as the pair crisscrosses the country. For three decades, this was how NASA ...
Eclipse season on Mars, so Curiosity took photos
On Mars, a partial eclipse of the sun isn't quite as rare as on Earth. So NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is snapping hundreds of pictures of the ...
Space shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover
Waving American flags and space shuttle toys, hundreds of people lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday as they watched space shuttle ...
Retired shuttle Endeavour lands for Houston stop
Space shuttle Endeavour has landed in Houston for a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum. The shuttle, atop a modified ...
Space shuttle Endeavour stuck at home in Florida
Space shuttle Endeavour apparently doesn't want to leave home. NASA's youngest shuttle was supposed to depart Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Monday ...
US, Russian space trio lands in Kazakhstan
An international three-man crew onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule touched down successfully on the cloudless central Kazakhstan steppe Monday ...
NASA postpones final ferry flight of Endeavour
The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour's final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route. NASA had planned ...
Correction: Space Shuttle-Last Stop story
In a story Sept. 13 about the space shuttle Endeavour's trip to California, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of shuttle equipment ...
US defense satellite launched from California
An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office blasted off Thursday from the central California coast.
Nation says goodbye to moonwalker Neil Armstrong
The nation bid farewell Thursday to Neil Armstrong, the first man to take a giant leap onto the moon. The pioneers of space, the powerful of the ...
Mars rover Curiosity wrapping up health checkups
The Mars rover Curiosity is preparing to roll again after it completes its health checkups this week, project managers said Wednesday. Since landing ...
Europe space agency eyes manned flights with China
European astronauts could hitch a ride into orbit aboard Chinese spacecraft before the end of the decade, a senior official at the European Space ...
SKorea to make 3rd attempt to launch rocket on own
South Korea said Tuesday it will launch a rocket next month carrying an observation satellite, its third attempt to put a satellite fired from its own ...
India launches satellites in 100th space mission
India's national space organization has marked its 100th mission by launching French and Japanese satellites. The Indian Space Research Organization ...