Aldridge Commission report to be published June 10
Posted: Thu, Jun 3 8:18 PM ET (0018 GMT)
The President's Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond, also known as the Aldridge Commission, will release its final report on the new space exploration...

Spirit sees signs of layered rocks
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 7:58 PM ET (2358 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has spied what appears to be outcrops of layered rocks like those seen by its twin, Opportunity, project scientists said...

Rutan announces SS1 flight plans
Posted: Wed, Jun 2 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
SpaceShipOne, the suborbital vehicle developed by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, will fly into space for the first time on Monday, June 21, the company...

NASA to pursue robotic servicing of Hubble
Posted: Tue, Jun 1 8:05 PM ET (0005 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday afternoon that it plans to solicit proposals for robotic missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope as well as deorbit it at...

Stars, galaxies shed light on dark matter
Posted: Tue, Jun 1 7:54 PM ET (2354 GMT)
The discovery of the faintest galaxy ever seen, as well as a nearby low-mass star, have provided astronomers with new insights into the distribution...

Mars rover begins deep sleep mode
Posted: Sun, May 30 9:29 AM ET (1329 GMT)
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has successfully used a "deep sleep" mode designed to deal with a long-running power drain on the spacecraft. Spacecraft...

Report: News Corp. scales back Spaceway plans
Posted: Sat, May 29 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
News Corporation has changed course on its Spaceway satellite broadband project, deciding to launch only a single satellite to deliver television programming, the Wall Street...

Cassini tests engine
Posted: Sat, May 29 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully tested Thursday the rocket engine it will use to enter orbit around the planet Saturn in just over a month....

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, May 28 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
A Tsiklon-2 booster launched a Russian military satellite on Friday, according to Russian media reports. The Tsiklon-2 (Cyclone-2) booster lifted off from...

Spitzer spies potential newborn planet
Posted: Fri, May 28 10:35 AM ET (1435 GMT)
Images from the Spitzer Space Telescope have turned up evidence of what may be a newborn planet forming around a young star. Images of the...