Senator introduces legislation to establish space commission
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 8:16 PM ET (0116 GMT)
A member of the US Senate introduced legislation Wednesday that would establish a permanent commission to oversee NASA and ensure it carries out the recommendations...

NASA awards ISS integration contracts
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 7:55 PM ET (0055 GMT)
NASA awarded a pair of International Space Station integration contracts Wednesday as part of a restructuring effort. NASA awarded a contract for ISS Cargo Mission...

Voyager approaches limits of solar system
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched over 25 years ago, may have reached the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space, although scientists are...

NASA selects five Explorer mission concepts for study
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
NASA announced this week that it has chosen five mission concepts, ranging from studies of Jupiter to searches for dark matter, for further study. The...

Giant solar flare observed
Posted: Wed, Nov 5 7:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
One of the biggest solar flares ever observed erupted on the Sun Tuesday afternoon, but is not expected to have a major effect on the...

NASA fixes problem with Mars rover instrument
Posted: Wed, Nov 5 7:23 AM ET (1223 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that engineers have found a workaround to a problem with an instrument on a Mars-bound rover allowing the instrument to work...

ESA to purchase two Foton missions
Posted: Wed, Nov 5 7:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
The European Space Agency announced Tuesday that it will procure two Foton microgravity science missions from Russia for launch in mid-decade. The two missions,...

More solar flares spotted
Posted: Mon, Nov 3 7:43 PM ET (0043 GMT)
Astronomers observed three strong flares on the Sun during a 24-hour period on Sunday and Monday, triggering a new round of solar storms that...

ILS wins Air Force Atlas 5 contract
Posted: Mon, Nov 3 7:28 PM ET (0028 GMT)
International Launch Services (ILS) announced Monday that the Air Force has authorized it to begin preparations for the second military launch on an Atlas 5....

China launches science satellite
Posted: Mon, Nov 3 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
A Long March booster launched a Chinese science satellite carrying imaging experiments as well as seeds to be irradiated in space. The Long March 2D...