Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely in California Yesterday | Add a comment EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing...

Shuttle expected home on Sunday Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven departed the international space station on Friday. The departure ended a 12-day visit that left the orbiting complex with...

TODAY’S TOP TV PICKS: Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment →"Ellen’s Even Bigger, Really Big Show,” 8 p.m., TBS. Ellen DeGeneres hosts this hourlong special featuring musical artists and comedians. →"Moonlight &...

Shuttle Endeavour to head home today Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment HOUSTON — With hugs and handshakes, shuttle Endeavour’s seven astronauts bid farewell to the international space station crew after they ate a Thanksgiving meal together....

Huge crowds cheer NYC Thanksgiving Day Parade Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | Comments 1 NEW YORK (AP) - The 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade wound its way through Manhattan streets under sunny skies on Thursday, as thousands of marchers carried giant balloons past throngs of...

Circling Earth, crew will find space for meal Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment HOUSTON — The smoked turkey resembles sliced deli meat but stiffer. The candied yams are bland. The green beans taste like they’ve been microwaved to death. Grandma’s home...

Astronauts begin third space walk Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts stepped out for the longest spacewalk of their mission Saturday to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint. As spacewalk No. 3 was getting under way, a new...

Syria refuses inspections of attack site Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment VIENNA, Austria — A senior Syrian official on Friday all but ruled out new visits by U.N. inspectors probing allegations that his country had a covert program that could be used to make...

With cut, Mars trip gets less ambitious Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment LOS ANGELES — NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars rover. The equipment would have allowed the spacecraft to store rock fragments in a small...

Space station marks 10 years Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA couldn’t have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday’s 10th anniversary of the world’s most elaborate and expensive housing...

Lost bag doesn’t mar spacewalk Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded. She helplessly watched as the tote and all inside floated...

Endeavour brings ‘goodies’ to space station residents Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts hitched a giant shipping crate full of home improvement "goodies” to the international space station on Monday, a critical step for boosting the...

IN BRIEF: Texas diocese breaks away Sat, Nov 15, 2008 NATION Texas diocese breaks away The theologically conservative Diocese of Fort Worth voted Saturday to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church. It’s the fourth traditional diocese to...

India’s first lunar landing is success Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment NEW DELHI — The first lunar probe from India landed successfully on the moon Friday as part of a mission aimed at laying the groundwork for further Indian space expeditions, the Indian Space...

Endeavour’s crew will expand station Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into the night sky Friday, bound for the international space station and the most extreme home makeover project ever...

IN BRIEF: National, world Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Nation World leaders focus on nukes WASHINGTON — Senior diplomats from six world powers are to meet this week to discuss stalled efforts to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear...

Endeavour’s task: A home makeover in space Sun, Nov 9, 2008 | Add a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The international space station is about to get all the comforts of a modern, high-end, "green” home: a fancy recycling water filter, a new fridge, extra...

Mars question unanswered Mon, Nov 3, 2008 | Add a comment There is water on Mars. All that we know of it now is frozen as polar ice caps or permafrost below the surface. But there used to be a lot more water — liquid water — on Mars, and it...

Parties Etc.: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008 Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Add a comment ‘A' list Royal treatment: Former kings of the Beaux Arts Ball met for a party in the home of John Bozalis. Buzz: The group had cocktails and speculated about the 63rd king, who will be...

Mars lander finds minerals suggesting past water Thu, Jun 26, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday....