Proton launches Russian communications satellite Posted: Thu, Mar 19 11:54 AM ET (1554 GMT) A Proton rocket successfully launched a Russian communications satellite on Thursday. The Proton M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:05 pm... NASA awards launch contract for solar mission Posted: Thu, Mar 19 11:40 AM ET (1540 GMT) NASA announced Wednesday that it has selected a Delta 4 Heavy to launch a solar probe mission in 2018. NASA said it awarded a $389-... Atlas launches NASA space science spacecraft Posted: Fri, Mar 13 8:55 PM ET (0055 GMT) An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched four NASA satellites that will study disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere. Tha ULA Atlas 5 421 lifted off... Soyuz returns three ISS crewmembers Posted: Thu, Mar 12 11:07 PM ET (0307 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft carrying one NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts departed the ISS and landed safely Wednesday night. The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft undocked... Scientists find evidence for warm liquid water ocean under Enceladus Posted: Thu, Mar 12 10:56 PM ET (0256 GMT) Any icy moon of Saturn likely has a warm ocean of liquid water beneath its surface, scientists reported this week. In a paper published in... SLS booster performs successful static test fire Posted: Wed, Mar 11 10:10 PM ET (0210 GMT) A solid rocket booster planned for use on NASA's Space Launch System completed a successful test firing Wednesday. The five-segment booster fired for... Brightman discusses plans for tourist flight to ISS Posted: Wed, Mar 11 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT) Singer Sarah Brightman said Tuesday she will sing a song during her upcoming commercial trip on the International Space Station. Brightman, speaking at a press... Aerojet Rocketdyne to cut hundreds of jobs Posted: Tue, Mar 10 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT) Space propulsion company Aerojet Rocketdyne will cut about 10 percent of its current workforce over the next four years as part of a corporate restructuring,... Dawn enters orbit around Ceres Posted: Sat, Mar 7 9:48 AM ET (1448 GMT) NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres as expected on Friday. Dawn was captured by Ceres' gravity at 7:39 am... Early Mars had large ocean Posted: Fri, Mar 6 7:23 AM ET (1223 GMT) Scientists reported Thursday that Mars, early in its history, likely had an ocean larger than the Arctic Ocean on Earth today. In a paper published... |
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