NASA executed a flawless space shuttle launch today, as the shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the International Space Station. Atlantis was fully loaded with supplies for the ISS, as the ISS stocks up with only five more shuttle flights on the schedule.

Atlantis, carrying a crew of six and supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for launch this afternoon. Recent shuttle launches have been an exercise in fusrtration, but this one is currently scheduled for Monday afternoon at 2:28 PM EST.

NASA has announced that they have discovered water on the Moon. The creative minds at Google had to celebrate this news with a special Google doodle for the discovery of water on the Moon

Scientists hoped the LCross mission on October 9, 2009 would help them verify that there is water on the moon. The LCROSS Centaur and Spacecraft impacted the moon at approximately 7:30 a.m on October 9 and today NASA reported that they have confirmed that water exists on the moon.

Lisa Nowak, the so-called lovelorn astronaut who drove cross-country in an attempt to attack her rival pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary and battery. She received a light sentence, however; only a year's worth of probation and no additional jail time. Nowak had originally been charged with a second felony: attempted kidnapping.

Dr. Qian Xuesen passed away in a hospital in Beijing this past Saturday, October 31st. He was 98, and considered the father of China's space program.

For the first time in a generation, NASA has a new rocket waiting for launch time. Weather is now the only thing holding back the launch of the Ares I-X rocket. NASA's first flight test of its Ares I-X booster rocket is only slated to last two minutes. Cloudy skies are holding up the test launch of NASA's newest rocket. NASA has until noon to get the experimental Ares I-X flight going.

The Orionid meteor shower tonight should be beautiful. It is the second of two metero showers that occur each year as a result of Earth passing through debris released by Halley's Comet. Tonight the sky will be moonless, providing stargazers with a excellent chance for a good view of the display.