China launches unmanned capsule for Tiangong automated docking test

A Chinese Long March-2F rocket successfully boosted an unmanned Shenzhou capsule into orbit Monday for an automated rendezvous and docking with a prototype space station module. Read More...

Boeing leases shuttle processing facility for commercial CST-100 capsule

The Boeing Co. will process its proposed CST-100 commercial manned spacecraft in a now-vacant space shuttle processing hangar in a first-of-a-kind deal valued at up to $50 million. Read More...

Russian Progress supply ship successfully launched on space station flight

Two months after a rare Russian launch failure, an unmanned Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station rocketed smoothly into orbit Sunday Read More...

Next-generation $1.5 billion weather satellite launched

A Delta 2 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Friday, boosting a $1.5 billion weather satellite into space to improve both short-range forecasting and understanding of long-term climate change.
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German X-ray space telescope falls back to Earth (UPDATED)

An out-of-service German space telescope apparently plunged back into the atmosphere late Saturday. Experts predicted much of its heat-resistant 1.7-ton X-ray mirror and carbon composite support structure would survive re-entry to hit the ground, but there was no immediate confirmation. Read More...

Station crew studies how microgravity affects eyesight

In the wake of recent concerns about the effects of prolonged weightlessness on vision, space station astronauts now are carrying out regular eye exams to collect more data. Read More...