If all went well at Cape Canaveral last night, Challenger K-8's alligator astronaut is in space. ...more

November 15, 2008

If all went well at Cape Canaveral last night, Challenger K-8's alligator astronaut is in space. ...more

November 15, 2008

NASA grew more optimistic of launching space shuttle Endeavour tonight on a space station delivery mission as forecasters offered a more promising outlook for the nighttime liftoff. ...more

November 14, 2008

NASA said Monday it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit. ...more

September 30, 2008

A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground. ...more

September 25, 2008

China tonight will launch its most ambitious space mission to date, including the program's first space walk, as this increasingly confident nation stakes a claim on the heavens while impressing people on Earth. ...more

September 25, 2008

In an unprecedented step, a second space shuttle was moved to the launchpad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make: a rescue mission. ...more

September 20, 2008

NASA's ability to send its astronauts to the $100 billion International Space Station is in danger of becoming a costly casualty of the Russia-Georgia war. ...more

August 15, 2008

Scientists working to help astronauts regain balance after extended flights in zero gravity say they have found a way to use the research to help elderly people avoid catastrophic falls. ...more

August 1, 2008

To everybody's relief, astronauts fixed the toilet at the International Space Station on Wednesday and opened up a grand new science lab. ...more

June 5, 2008