Cassini finds new ring, objects at Saturn
Posted: Mon, Sep 13 8:33 AM ET (1233 GMT)
Images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have turned up a previously-unknown faint ring around Saturn as well as one or two unidentified objects...

NASA: Ivan poses no risk to KSC
Posted: Sun, Sep 12 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
Kennedy Space Center officials said Saturday they believe powerful Hurricane Ivan will not come close enough to the spaceport to cause additional damage. Ivan, which...

ISS oxygen generator repair fails
Posted: Sat, Sep 11 6:12 PM ET (2212 GMT)
Efforts by the ISS crew to repair a broken oxygen generator failed Friday when the generator broke down shortly after the repair was completed. The...

Astronomers claim first exoplanet image
Posted: Sat, Sep 11 6:05 PM ET (2205 GMT)
Astronomers said Friday that they have taken what they believe is the first direct image of an extrasolar planet. The object, orbiting the brown dwarf...

NASA hopeful Genesis samples can be salvaged
Posted: Fri, Sep 10 8:19 PM ET (0019 GMT)
Project officials and scientists said Friday they believed that at least some of the solar wind samples contained in the Genesis return capsule that crashed...

ISS oxygen generator breaks down
Posted: Fri, Sep 10 1:54 PM ET (1754 GMT)
A balky oxygen generator on the International Space Station has broken down, a malfunction that could jeopardize a crew exchange mission planned for next month...

China launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Sep 9 2:11 PM ET (1811 GMT)
A Chinese Long March booster placed two small research satellites into orbit Thursday, according to Chinese media reports. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off...

Arianespace announces 3 launch contracts
Posted: Thu, Sep 9 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
Launch services provider Arianespace announced Thursday that is has won contracts to launch three commercial satellites. The French company reported that it has signed a...

DirecTV to buy three Boeing satellites
Posted: Wed, Sep 8 9:02 PM ET (0102 GMT)
DirecTV announced Wednesday afternoon that it plans to buy three large satellites from Boeing Satellite Systems as part of an initiative to increase its high-...

Genesis capsule crash-lands in Utah
Updated: Wed, Sep 8 4:59 PM ET (2059 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Sep 8 1:15 PM ET (1715 GMT)
The sample return capsule from NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in the Utah desert Wednesday after its parachutes failed to deploy. The capsule, containing...