US, EU near agreement on Galileo
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 10:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
European officials said late Wednesday that the United States and the European Union have nearly finalized an agreement on cooperation between the GPS and Galileo...

Rosetta launch delayed
Posted: Thu, Feb 26 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
The launch of a European mission to a comet has been delayed 24 hours because of high winds at the launch site. The Rosetta spacecraft...

Plans for ISS spacewalk move ahead
Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2:23 PM ET (1923 GMT)
NASA officials said Tuesday that they were going ahead with plans to conduct an EVA outside the International Space Station on Thursday despite recently resurfaced...

Rosetta mission set for launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 24 8:49 PM ET (0149 GMT)
Rosetta, ESA's ambitious mission to rendezvous with and land on a comet, is on track for a launch early Thursday. Rosetta is scheduled for...

Fire kills six at Indian space center
Posted: Mon, Feb 23 2:29 PM ET (1929 GMT)
A solid rocket motor caught fire at India's main space center on Monday, triggering an explosion that killed at least six people. According to...

ISS spacewalk planned for Thursday
Posted: Mon, Feb 23 10:25 AM ET (1525 GMT)
The two-man crew of the International Space Station will perform a spacewalk Thursday, leaving the station unoccupied for several hours despite concerns from some...

China announces plans for Shenzhou 6
Posted: Sun, Feb 22 1:58 PM ET (1858 GMT)
Chinese officials said Saturday that nation's next manned spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, would place two people into orbit for several days some time next year....

Dark energy unlikely to cause violent end to universe
Posted: Sat, Feb 21 10:28 AM ET (1528 GMT)
Astronomers announced Friday that dark energy, a mysterious force that appears to cause the expansion of the universe to accelerate, will not change enough to...

Mars rovers finds soil consistent with liquid water
Posted: Sat, Feb 21 10:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Sticky, fine-grained soil found at the landing sites of the twin MArs rovers Spirit and Opportunity may be consistent with, but not necessarily proof...

Large planetoid discovered beyond Pluto
Posted: Fri, Feb 20 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Astronomers announced Thursday that they have discovered a large Kuiper Belt object (KBO) beyond the orbit of Pluto that may be half the diameter of...