A Navy ship in the Pacific Ocean will try an unprecedented shootdown of an out-of-control spy satellite loaded with a toxic fuel as it begins its plunge to Earth, national security officials said Thursday. ...more

February 15, 2008

Two spacewalking astronauts supplied the international space station with a fresh tank of nitrogen gas Wednesday, one of them a German who was too sick to venture outside a few days earlier. ...more

February 14, 2008

Shuttle Atlantis' sick German astronaut looked and sounded well Sunday as he helped a crewmate prepare for a spacewalk that should have been his. ...more

February 11, 2008

HOUSTON - Shuttle Atlantis chased the international space station in orbit Friday as its crew of seven astronauts prepared for a laser inspection of their ship's wings. ...more

February 8, 2008

Mother Nature must be a fan of the U.S. space program, judging from her benevolence in pushing aside bad weather long enough for seven astronauts to roar into orbit. ...more

February 7, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL – Mother Nature must be a fan of the U.S. space program, judging from her benevolence in pushing aside bad weather long enough for seven astronauts to roar into orbit. ...more

February 7, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL - Scattered clouds and sunshine are adding a bit of promise for today's planned 2:45 p.m. liftoff of Atlantis, although NASA is bracing for a front of bad weather to arrive before then. ...more

February 7, 2008

Neither wind nor rain nor hail stops the U.S. Postal Service, but they do frustrate the people trying to launch space shuttles. ...more

February 7, 2008

A weather front moving through Florida could put the brakes on Thursday's planned 2:47 p.m. liftoff of Atlantis, when storm clouds are expected to linger around Kennedy Space Center. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - Perhaps to see if the Beatles have truly universal appeal, NASA plans to beam one of the group's songs into space toward the North Star. ...more

January 31, 2008