Solar sail launch date set
Posted: Wed, Nov 10 8:13 PM ET (0113 GMT)
A privately-developed solar sail is now scheduled for launch in March of next year, The Planetary Society announced Tuesday. The Cosmos 1 solar sail...

JAXA president resigns
Posted: Wed, Nov 10 8:02 PM ET (0102 GMT)
The head of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has resigned, citing health issues, the agency announced this month. In a statement dated November 5,...

America's Space Prize rules revealed
Posted: Wed, Nov 10 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
A new prize offered by a multimillionaire businessman would give $50 million to the first privately-developed orbital spacecraft capable of flying twice in 60...

Northrop, Boeing merge CEV efforts
Posted: Tue, Nov 9 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
Northrop Grumman and Boeing announced Tuesday that the two companies will work together to design a critical component of NASA's new exploration vision. The...

Soyuz 2 test launch a success
Posted: Tue, Nov 9 7:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
The first launch of the upgraded version of Russia's Soyuz rocket has been declared a success by Russian officials. The Soyuz 2-1a lifted...

DART launch delayed again
Posted: Mon, Nov 8 8:20 PM ET (0120 GMT)
NASA announced late Monday that is has delayed Tuesday's scheduled launch of a technology demonstration satellite to review engineering data about the spacecraft. The...

Instrument on Aqua suffers problem
Posted: Mon, Nov 8 8:28 AM ET (1328 GMT)
A Japanese instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft has suffered a problem that limits the data it returns, the Japanese space agency JAXA reported Friday....

Mars rover finds new clues for water
Posted: Mon, Nov 8 8:22 AM ET (1322 GMT)
Data collected by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has helped scientists understand the history of liquid water in one region of the Red Planet....

X Prize awarded to SpaceShipOne team
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:09 AM ET (1509 GMT)
The X Prize Foundation officially awarded a $10-million check Saturday to the team that developed and flew the SpaceShipOne manned suborbital reusable spacecraft. Mojave...

Soyuz-2 launch delayed again
Posted: Sun, Nov 7 10:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)
The inaugural launch of an upgraded version of the venerable Soyuz rocket was delayed indefinitely Saturday, Russian officials reported. The Soyuz-2 booster was scheduled...