The spacecraft MESSENGER is just three days away from its third encounter with Mercury.
"First light survey" images have been released from the Planck Surveyor Satellite.
The Hubble Space Telescope is officially back in operation after its repairs in May.
Contact was lost with the lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 abruptly in the middle of a communications session with Earth.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch a H-2B rocket with the H-2 Transfer Vehicle destined for the International Space Station on September 10.
The Kepler Mission confirms that it is able to detect extrasolar planets.
The Spitzer Space Telescope is still making significant observations even after having run out of helium.
The first stage motor of the Ares I crew launch vehicle will be fired in the Utah desert on August 25th.
There are still no official plans to continue maintenance of the International Space Station beyond 2015.
South Korea plans to launch its first rocket into orbit and become the ninth nation to launch a home-built satellite from its own territory.
