March 18, 2010
Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Kazakh steppe
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - The U.S. space agency says a Soyuz capsule carrying astronauts from the United States and Russia has landed safely in northern Kazakhstan.
March 04, 2010
NASA launches nation’s newest weather satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has launched the nation’s newest weather satellite.
March 03, 2010
Scientists wowed by Mars orbiter performance
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Scientists are impressed with the flood of data beamed back by NASA’s most advanced Mars orbiter.
Space shuttle Discovery transported to launch pad
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Discovery is at its launch pad for an Easter Monday flight to the International Space Station.
February 11, 2010
NASA launches observatory to study sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has launched the most advanced solar observatory ever built.
February 10, 2010
Stiff wind delays NASA launch of solar observatory
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Gusty wind has forced NASA to delay the launch of its newest solar observatory.
Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Handshakes, hugs and a “good to see you” were plentiful as the International Space Station crew welcomed their shuttle mates aboard today.
February 08, 2010
Great Video: Space shuttle blasts off on last night flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour is rocketing toward the space station on one of the shuttle program’s last scheduled missions.
February 01, 2010
NASA moon mission killed on Columbia anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has killed NASA’s $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon.
January 28, 2010
Beaufort Elementary students dedicate mini-museum to Challenger pilot
BEAUFORT, N.C. - 24 years ago today, seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on take off.
January 26, 2010
NASA ends effort to free rover from Martian sand
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA’s Mars rover Spirit will rove no more.
January 21, 2010
NASA: No word from Phoenix Mars lander
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA says there’s no word from the Phoenix lander that is presumed to be frozen near the Martian north pole.
January 14, 2010
Cocaine found at Fla. NASA hangar, workers tested
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is investigating how a bag of cocaine got into the hangar that houses space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
January 12, 2010
Mystery object to whizz by Earth Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) - A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won’t hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.
January 08, 2010
Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon
WASHINGTON (AP) - Astronomers say they may soon take another step toward answering a question that has dogged humanity since the beginning of civilization—are we alone in the universe?

