Philae drains battery, enters hibernation
Posted: Sat, Nov 15 11:42 AM ET (1642 GMT)
ESA's Philae lander stopped transmitting early Saturday as the spacecraft, located in a shadowed region of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, exhausted its batteries. ESA...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 15 11:31 AM ET (1631 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese Earth imaging satellite into orbit on Saturday. The Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite...

Philae spacecraft lands on comet
Posted: Thu, Nov 13 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
A European spacecraft landed on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Wednesday, but bounced at least twice before coming to a rest. The Philae...

Orion rolled out to launch pad for December test flight
Posted: Wed, Nov 12 8:23 AM ET (1323 GMT)
After a one-day delay because of weather, an Orion spacecraft rolled out to its launch pad late Tuesday night as it prepares for a...

Philae lander released from Rosetta
Posted: Wed, Nov 12 8:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
ESA's Philae lander spacecraft has separated from the Rosetta orbiter en route to a landing on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko later...

NASA and Google reach lease deal for Moffett Field
Posted: Tue, Nov 11 7:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
NASA announced Monday that it has signed a lease with a subsidiary of Google to take over management of a federal airfield adjacent to NASA'...

Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers to Earth
Posted: Mon, Nov 10 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying International Space Station crewmembers from Germany, Russia, and the United States undocked from the ISS and landed late Sunday. The Soyuz...

Comet flyby created Martian meteor shower
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 7:39 PM ET (0039 GMT)
The closely flyby of a comet to Mars last month created an "impressive" meteor shower in the planet's atmosphere, according to data from several...

Half of all stars may be outside of galaxies
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 7:23 PM ET (0023 GMT)
Data from a suborbital astronomy experiment has led astronomers to conclude that there may be as many stars outside of galaxies as within them. The...

Dnepr launches Japanese satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 7 8:14 AM ET (1314 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket successfully placed several Japanese spacecraft into orbit on Thursday. The Dnepr rocket, a converted SS-18 ballistic missile, lifted off from the...