A towering Atlas 5 rocket flashed to life and vaulted into space Saturday, putting on a spectacular show as it boosted NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover on an eight-and-a-half-month voyage to the red planet. Read More...

United Launch Alliance hauled an Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover to the launch pad Friday for final preparations before blastoff Saturday on a showcase science mission. Read More...

NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory rover, the most complex and scientifically powerful robotic spacecraft ever built to explore the surface of another world, is poised for launch Saturday.
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft plunged back into the atmosphere Monday evening, carrying three space station crew members to a snowy pre-dawn landing in Kazakhstan to close out a five-and-a-half-month stay in space. Read More...

Launch of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory rover atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket has been delayed one day, from Friday to Saturday, to replace a battery in the booster's self-destruct system.
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A towering 355-foot-tall mobile launch tower was hauled to launch pad 39B Wednesday for structural tests and fit checks before modifications to support the agency's planned heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket.
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft glided to a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station early Wednesday, closing out a problem-free two-day rendezvous and boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off in blizzard-like conditions late Sunday U.S. time, kicking off a delayed flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment completed a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Wednesday Read More...