NASA delayed the planned landing of the space shuttle Atlantis by at least a day tonight after engineers spotted an object that may have accidentally flown out of its cargo bay.

In a routine familiar to travellers on Earth, shuttle astronauts were spending this morning packing their things, indulging in their surroundings for one last day and making sure their vehicle is ready for the ride home.

Space shuttle Discovery decamped from the international space station today to begin the return trip to Earth.

THE smiling astronauts of the space shuttle Discovery entered the international space station yesterday to deliver a German crew member, the first European to work on the orbiting platform.

The smiling astronauts of the space shuttle Discovery entered the international space station today to deliver a German crew member, the first European to work on the orbiting platform.

Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station today, delivering its newest inhabitant – a German astronaut who will return the orbiting complex’s crew to three for the first time in three years.

Brazil’s first man in space landed back on Earth in the freezing Kazakh steppe today after a nine-day visit to the international space station.

THE US military plans to charge two intelligence soldiers over the suffocation death of an Iraqi general during an interrogation last autumn, according to an American newspaper report.

The US military plans to charge two intelligence soldiers over the suffocation death of an Iraqi general during an interrogation last autumn, according to an American newspaper report.