Russian cosmonaut hits golf ball into orbit
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Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin hit a golf ball into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station on Wednesday to raise money for the Russian space program at the start of a six-hour spacewalk.
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Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov grabbed manual control of the Soyuz during the final minutes of today&#39;s rendezvous with the International Space Station, overriding the spacecraft&#39;s autopilot that was supposed to guide the capsule throughout the approach and
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A much needed resupply mission to the International Space Station was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Astronaut Leroy Chiao and Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:06 pm EDT Wednesday, right on time.
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American wildcard Scott Verplank,   playing in the final singles match of the day, registered a   Ryder Cup hole-in-one on Sunday.
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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and American astronaut Mike Fincke had been in space since April. While in space they carried out four space walks, including one crucial mission to repair
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America&#39;s Leroy Chiao and two cosmonauts embarked on &quot;an entirely new adventure&quot; late Wednesday night, blasting off from the Kazakhstan desert aboard a Russian Soyuz spaceship bound for the International Space Station.
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MOSCOW - A Russian spacecraft blasted off Friday with vital food and water for the two men at the International Space Station. Russian Salizhan Sharipov and American Leroy Chiao have been rationing their food
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A rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the international space station streaked into orbit on Thursday, the latest flight of a Russian space vehicle to fill in for grounded US shuttles.
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NASA engineers are set to launch their Deep Impact space mission tomorrow. The space shot aims to smash an 820-pound (370-kilogram) projectile into a comet on July 4, 2005.
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A MANNED private rocketship burst through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere into space today after a hair-raising ascent, putting it half-way towards winning a $US10 million ($13.
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Russia successfully launches Europe's most powerful telecommunications satellite.
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Russia on Thursday carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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MOSCOW. Dec 19 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Space Forces have successfully launched the Kosmos-3M space rocket together with the German Sar-LUPE satellite, spokesman for the forces Alexei Kuznetsov told Interfax-AVN. "The launch was made at 5 p.m.
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MOSCOW - Russia successfully launched a rocket on Tuesday carrying the last three satellites to complete a navigation system to rival America's GPS.
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MOJAVE, Calif. A test pilot yesterday made a successful foray into space marked by a white-knuckle ascent in which his rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in 16 seconds.
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Progress M-51 blasted off from the remote cosmodrome in the Kazakhstan steppes at 1:19 am Moscow time (Thursday 2219 GMT). The ship is expected to arrive at the international space station Sunday morning with