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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The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.
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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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The Atlantis shuttle launches successfully on a mission to take Europe's Columbus science lab to the space station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the newly repaired space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its Florida spaceport on Monday as NASA prepared to launch the ship on a mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Discovery&#039;s astronauts got some happy news Sunday: It&#039;s safe to fly home. Mission Control informed the crew of six that the ship&#039;s thermal shielding is &quot;100 percent cleared for entry&quot; in another week.
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A Russian rocket carrying two cosmonauts and one US astronaut launched successfully Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station.
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By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Dec. 7--Virginians might catch a glimpse of tonight's unusual nighttime  launching of the space shuttle Discovery, if it lifts off as planned.
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A fresh space station crew and one visiting cosmonaut are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) after their Soyuz rocket pierced the skies above Kazakhstan during a flawless launch today.
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NASA's Deep Impact comet-busting spacecraft emerged from "safe mode" and was operating normally, the space agency said Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 7  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis completed a milestone to move it one step closer to a targeted March launch.
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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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The crew of Discovery begins a 14-day mission to the space station, after a successful launch from Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Discovery soared into space on Saturday on a column of fire that briefly dispelled the darkness over the Kennedy Space Center in NASA's first night launch since the Columbia disaster.
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thatshortkid writes &quot;The Washington Times is reporting on Brazil&#39;s first successful space launch. Since it is closer to the equator, the task of getting up to space is easier, meaning much more cargo room over fuel.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The weather forecast for Friday&#39;s evening liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis has improved and NASA officials are optimistic launch will take place as planned.
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New International Space Station module in tow The space shuttle Discovery was successfully launched today, despite zero-hour concerns about a chunk of ice on the fuel tank.â¦