Deep Impact launched, goes into safe mode
Posted: Wed, Jan 12 8:27 PM ET (0127 GMT)
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft was successfully launched on a Delta 2 Wednesday afternoon but almost immediately went into a safe mode that project officials...

Astronomers see Big Bang ripples
Posted: Wed, Jan 12 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
Large-scale patterns of galaxies can be linked to sound waves created by the Big Bang, astronomers said Tuesday. Those sound waves propagated through the...

MDA wins Canadian military satellite contract
Posted: Wed, Jan 12 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
Canadian space company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) announced Tuesday that it has won a contract to begin development of a Canadian space surveillance satellite....

Hubble spots potential exoplanet
Posted: Tue, Jan 11 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of an object that may be an extrasolar planet orbiting a brown dwarf star. The...

Delta 4 failure linked to sensor problem
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 6:36 PM ET (2336 GMT)
The partial failure of the inaugural launch of the Delta 4 Heavy last month has been traced back to faulty propellant sensors in its three...

NASA selects business center finalists
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 6:26 PM ET (2326 GMT)
NASA announced Friday it has narrowed its choice for the site of a new business center to locations near three NASA centers. The NASA Shared...

Chandra discovers powerful eruption
Posted: Fri, Jan 7 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered what astronomers claim this week to be the most powerful eruption in the universe. The eruption, which...

White House releases space transportation policy
Posted: Thu, Jan 6 8:23 PM ET (0123 GMT)
The Bush Administration released Thursday a long-awaited new national space transportation policy that largely maintains the status quo. The policy, officially authorized by President...

MDA gets Hubble repair contract
Posted: Thu, Jan 6 9:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) announced Wednesday that it has won a NASA contract to help plan a possible robotic repair mission to...

Swift sees first gamma-ray bursts
Posted: Thu, Jan 6 8:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
NASA's Swift gamma-ray observatory, launched last November, has seen its first gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), astronomers announced Wednesday. The spacecraft's Burst Alert...