Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned safely to Earth, detouring from stormy Florida to sunsplashed California to end a 13-day mission that repaired and enhanced the Hubble Space Telescope. ...more

May 24, 2009

NASA has set a May date for its space shuttle mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time. ...more

December 4, 2008

None of the four giant gaseous planets are remotely habitable or remotely like Earth. But they raise the possibility of others more hospitable. ...more

November 14, 2008

Marking a milestone in the search for Earth-like planets elsewhere in the universe, two teams of astronomers have parted the curtains of space to take the first pictures in history of planets orbiting stars other than our sun. ...more

November 14, 2008

NASA said Monday it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit. ...more

September 30, 2008

In an unprecedented step, a second space shuttle was moved to the launchpad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make: a rescue mission. ...more

September 20, 2008

By the end of the year, the world's greatest telescope should be able to see deeper into space and further back in time than ever. If all goes as planned, it will detect events closer to the big bang, explore the "cosmic web" of galaxies and intergalactic gas that make up the large-scale structure of the universe, and reveal much more about how and when distant stars and planets were formed. ...more

July 13, 2008

The shuttle Discovery rolled to a stop here Saturday morning, bringing to a close a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. ...more

June 15, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab. ...more

June 14, 2008

Discovery blasted off the pad on time and without a hitch Saturday, zipping seven astronauts on their way to the International Space Station. ...more

May 31, 2008