Spaceport America reports a successful launch
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At Spaceport America in New Mexico, UP Aerospace successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday.
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Air Force officials on Thursday cleared an experimental satellite for the first rocket launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, after a software glitch had grounded it. The launch was rescheduled for Saturday.
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US space shuttle Discovery blasted off successfully Tuesday on an ambitious, complex mission to the International Space Station, key to future manned flights to Mars.
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A prototype of an inflatable space station module has successfully expanded and deployed its solar panels after being launched into orbit, a private developer said.
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The crew of Discovery begins a 14-day mission to the space station, after a successful launch from Florida.
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Brazil and Argentina successfully launched a rocket into space on Sunday in the first joint space mission by the two South American nations.
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HOUSTON - The first inspections of NASA's shuttle Discovery two days after a successful night launch reveal no significant problems for its seven-astronaut crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle   Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home port on Thursday,   capping a successful mission to resume International Space   Station construction after the 2003 Columbia accident.
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Two Atlantis astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk as part of an effort to add elements to the International Space Station (ISS), a NASA spokesman announced.
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American astronaut Michael Fincke speaks at a news conference in Star City near Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The newly-returned crew of the International Space Station said Monday that they accomplished
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By Martin Merzer McClatchy Newspapers  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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MELBOURNE, Fla.  - The two-man crew aboard the  International Space Station successfully completed a 5 1/2-hour  spacewalk Wednesday to set up a robotics experiment and help  engineers fix a problem with the station's oxygen generator.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Sep. 6--CAPE CANAVERAL -- The countdown advanced smoothly Tuesday for today's launch of space shuttle Atlantis and a crew commanded by Brent Jett Jr. of South Florida.
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By Traci Watson  Early data from Saturday's launch of space shuttle Discovery show the ship is in good health and suffered no damage on the way to orbit, deputy shuttle program manager John Shannon said Sunday.  "It was a very typical ascent," Shannon said.
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By Associated Press  KOROLYOV, Russia -- The space capsule carrying a new U.S.- Russian crew and the first paying female space tourist docked smoothly Wednesday at the international space station.
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The successful deployment of the array means that the three major objectives of the Atlantis mission have all been accomplished.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.